diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index a1d0bf57483..aca7a32a55e 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.re2j</groupId>
       <artifactId>re2j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>