diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f0ac5c..82f3b0f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
         <artifactId>sling</artifactId>
-        <version>7</version>
+        <version>8</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>org.apache.sling.scripting.api</artifactId>