diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0640c2e37..1dfb648b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
             <artifactId>itext7-core</artifactId>
-            <version>7.2.2</version>
+            <version>8.0.0</version>
             <type>pom</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>