diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 226035122c3227869fed0c420686c213ac26e20c..32b66347eda8d93402b3106ce567711a0521ad29 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <infinispan.version>7.1.0.CR1</infinispan.version>
     <openjpa.jdbc.version>2.1.1</openjpa.jdbc.version>
     <mapkeeper.version>1.0</mapkeeper.version>
-    <mongodb.version>2.7.2</mongodb.version>
+    <mongodb.version>2.8.0</mongodb.version>
     <redis.version>2.0.0</redis.version>
     <voldemort.version>0.81</voldemort.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>