diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d9d5dfca90..a1a6835432 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <!-- Supress checkstyle errors on legacy com.iplanet and com.sun.identity packages -->
     <checkstyleUnitTestSuppressionsLocation>checkstyle/suppressions.xml</checkstyleUnitTestSuppressionsLocation>
-    <opendj.version>4.6.5</opendj.version>
+    <opendj.version>4.8.0</opendj.version>
     <javadoc-utils.version>1.0.0</javadoc-utils.version>
     <ant.contrib.version>1.0b3</ant.contrib.version>
     <guice.version>3.0</guice.version>