diff --git a/optaplanner/pom.xml b/optaplanner/pom.xml
index d907cfc830cc..79f9913d77c7 100644
--- a/optaplanner/pom.xml
+++ b/optaplanner/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <optaplanner-core.version>7.9.0.Final</optaplanner-core.version>
+        <optaplanner-core.version>8.0.0.Final</optaplanner-core.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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