diff --git a/dependencies.properties b/dependencies.properties
index 6f8f408ed..1ec58e0ed 100644
--- a/dependencies.properties
+++ b/dependencies.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile = 2.18.2
 com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine = 2.9.3
 com.google.inject.extensions:guice-servlet = 5.1.0
 com.google.inject:guice = 5.1.0
-com.google.re2j:re2j = 1.7
+com.google.re2j:re2j = 1.8
 com.netflix.archaius:archaius2-core = 2.8.2
 com.netflix.frigga:frigga = 0.26.0
 com.netflix.governator:governator = 1.17.13