diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b13002f..4424eaa 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group 'org.jlab.kafka.connect'
-version '1.7.1'
+version '1.8.0'
 
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
     options.release = 11
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     implementation 'org.epics:jca:2.4.6',
             'org.jlab:kafka-common:1.0.0'
-    compileOnly 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.13.2.2'
+    compileOnly 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.13.3'
     compileOnly 'org.apache.kafka:connect-api:3.1.0'
     compileOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.7.36'
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'