diff --git a/embedded-aerospike-enterprise/pom.xml b/embedded-aerospike-enterprise/pom.xml
index ed7f92f7e..cf52b5f36 100644
--- a/embedded-aerospike-enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/embedded-aerospike-enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <artifactId>embedded-aerospike-enterprise</artifactId>
 
     <properties>
-        <aerospike-client.version>7.2.0</aerospike-client.version>
+        <aerospike-client.version>8.0.0</aerospike-client.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/embedded-aerospike/pom.xml b/embedded-aerospike/pom.xml
index b910caf06..0989fddc0 100644
--- a/embedded-aerospike/pom.xml
+++ b/embedded-aerospike/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <artifactId>embedded-aerospike</artifactId>
 
     <properties>
-        <aerospike-client.version>7.2.0</aerospike-client.version>
+        <aerospike-client.version>8.0.0</aerospike-client.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>