diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 432c56952a5..a551d43d262 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.re2j</groupId>
         <artifactId>re2j</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7</version>
+        <version>1.8</version>
       </dependency>
 
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