diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 243f33803..8bd5f9903 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <!-- version of common dependencies -->
-        <spoon.version>7.6.0-SNAPSHOT</spoon.version>
+        <spoon.version>8.0.0</spoon.version>
         <junit4.version>4.12</junit4.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
         <maven.invoker.version>3.0.0</maven.invoker.version>