diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index d074df4f..78655387 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <lib.commons.lang3.version>3.6</lib.commons.lang3.version>
         <lib.commons.text.version>1.2</lib.commons.text.version>
         <lib.unirest.version>1.4.9</lib.unirest.version>
-        <lib.cyclonedx.core.java.version>7.2.0</lib.cyclonedx.core.java.version>
+        <lib.cyclonedx.core.java.version>8.0.3</lib.cyclonedx.core.java.version>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>
diff --git a/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/BaseSchemaVerificationTest.java b/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/BaseSchemaVerificationTest.java
index ff45bd20..faae872b 100644
--- a/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/BaseSchemaVerificationTest.java
+++ b/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/BaseSchemaVerificationTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ List<String> getAllResources() throws Exception {
         files.addAll(getResources("1.2/"));
         files.addAll(getResources("1.3/"));
         files.addAll(getResources("1.4/"));
+        files.addAll(getResources("1.5/"));
         return files;
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/JsonSchemaVerificationTest.java b/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/JsonSchemaVerificationTest.java
index 55716982..3862bb14 100644
--- a/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/JsonSchemaVerificationTest.java
+++ b/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/JsonSchemaVerificationTest.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Collection<DynamicTest> dynamicTestsWithCollection() throws Exception {
                     schemaVersion = CycloneDxSchema.Version.VERSION_13;
                 } else if (file.endsWith("-1.4.json")) {
                     schemaVersion = CycloneDxSchema.Version.VERSION_14;
+                } else if (file.endsWith("-1.5.json")) {
+                    schemaVersion = CycloneDxSchema.Version.VERSION_15;
                 } else {
                     schemaVersion = null;
                 }
diff --git a/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/XmlSchemaVerificationTest.java b/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/XmlSchemaVerificationTest.java
index 12494921..01434b00 100644
--- a/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/XmlSchemaVerificationTest.java
+++ b/tools/src/test/java/org/cyclonedx/schema/XmlSchemaVerificationTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Collection<DynamicTest> dynamicTestsWithCollection() throws Exception {
                     schemaVersion = CycloneDxSchema.Version.VERSION_13;
                 } else if (file.endsWith("-1.4.xml")) {
                     schemaVersion = CycloneDxSchema.Version.VERSION_14;
+                } else if (file.endsWith("-1.5.xml")) {
+                    schemaVersion = CycloneDxSchema.Version.VERSION_15;
                 } else {
                     schemaVersion = null;
                 }