diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98636d5d..61e12a38 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- Pinned versions, as RELEASE would make it into the published pom.xml -->
-        <rewrite.version>7.41.0-SNAPSHOT</rewrite.version>
+        <rewrite.version>8.0.0</rewrite.version>
         <rewrite.python.version>0.5.0-SNAPSHOT</rewrite.python.version>
 
         <!-- using 'ssh' url scheme by default, which assumes a human is performing git operations leveraging an ssh key -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenMojoProjectParser.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenMojoProjectParser.java
index 56db43d6..a9ce04ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenMojoProjectParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenMojoProjectParser.java
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ public Xml.Document parseMaven(MavenProject mavenProject, List<Marker> projectPr
     }
 
     public Map<MavenProject, Xml.Document> parseMaven(List<MavenProject> mavenProjects, Map<MavenProject, List<Marker>> projectProvenances, ExecutionContext ctx) {
-        J.clearCaches();
         if (skipMavenParsing) {
             logger.info("Skipping Maven parsing...");
             return emptyMap();