diff --git a/it/java/pom.xml b/it/java/pom.xml
index 0647c23e1b..dd7688669e 100644
--- a/it/java/pom.xml
+++ b/it/java/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-        <kiota-java.version>1.7.0</kiota-java.version>
+        <kiota-java.version>1.8.0</kiota-java.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>