diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ac5f91..46c597e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <name>aerospike-jdbc</name>
     <description>A JDBC driver for the Aerospike database</description>
     <url>https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-jdbc</url>
-    <version>1.8.0</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
 
     <properties>
         <skipTests>false</skipTests>
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
 
         <aerospike-client.version>7.2.0</aerospike-client.version>
         <netty.version>4.1.104.Final</netty.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.16.1</jackson.version>
         <calcite.version>1.36.0</calcite.version>
         <guava.version>33.0.0-jre</guava.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.14</httpclient.version>
 
-        <assertj.version>3.24.2</assertj.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.25.0</assertj.version>
         <testng.version>7.5.1</testng.version> <!-- latest for JDK 8 -->
         <jdbi.version>3.37.1</jdbi.version> <!-- latest for JDK 8 -->
     </properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/aerospike/jdbc/util/Constants.java b/src/main/java/com/aerospike/jdbc/util/Constants.java
index b1ba268..1ff8738 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/aerospike/jdbc/util/Constants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/aerospike/jdbc/util/Constants.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public final class Constants {
     public static final String UNSUPPORTED_QUERY_TYPE_MESSAGE = "Unsupported query type";
 
     // Driver version
-    public static final String DRIVER_VERSION = "1.8.0";
+    public static final String DRIVER_VERSION = "1.8.1";
     public static final int DRIVER_MAJOR_VERSION = 1;
     public static final int DRIVER_MINOR_VERSION = 8;