diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8695c82..376a049 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       <version.weld>7.0.0.Final</version.weld>
       <version.mockito>5.24.0</version.mockito>
       <version.jakarta.ejb.api>4.0.1</version.jakarta.ejb.api>
-      <version.jpa-api>4.0.0-M7</version.jpa-api>
+      <version.jpa-api>4.0.0-M8</version.jpa-api>
       <version.log4j>2.26.1</version.log4j>
       <!-- SpotBugs properties -->
       <version.spotbugs>4.10.5</version.spotbugs>