diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7631930e5..e95fb884e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		<source.level>1.7</source.level>
 		<target.level>1.7</target.level>
 
-		<neo4j.version>2.1.7</neo4j.version>
+		<neo4j.version>2.1.8</neo4j.version>
 
 		<neo4j.spatial.version>0.13-neo4j-2.1.4</neo4j.spatial.version>
 		<neo4j-cypher-dsl.version>2.0.1</neo4j-cypher-dsl.version>