diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1549cd77..aa0f0915 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.rcsb</groupId>
         <artifactId>ciftools-java</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0.2</version>
+        <version>8.0.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.rcsb</groupId>