diff --git a/embedded-aerospike-enterprise/pom.xml b/embedded-aerospike-enterprise/pom.xml
index 5daa76c28..91f1c7364 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 d772efd57..d2cde7d76 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>