diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b855fd4..39a3783 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <properties>
-        <flume.version>1.7.0</flume.version>
+        <flume.version>1.8.0</flume.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>