diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6945a52b93..9d77f57abb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ LICENSE file.
     <couchbase.version>1.4.10</couchbase.version>
     <couchbase2.version>2.3.1</couchbase2.version>
     <elasticsearch5-version>5.5.1</elasticsearch5-version>
-    <geode.version>1.2.0</geode.version>
+    <geode.version>1.8.0</geode.version>
     <googlebigtable.version>1.3.0</googlebigtable.version>
     <hbase098.version>0.98.14-hadoop2</hbase098.version>
     <hbase10.version>1.0.2</hbase10.version>