diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a3d60c1819..19bdc17f35 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <paho-version>0.4.0</paho-version>
     <linkedin-zookeeper-version>1.4.0</linkedin-zookeeper-version>
     <zookeeper-version>3.4.5</zookeeper-version>
-    <qpid-proton-version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</qpid-proton-version>
+    <qpid-proton-version>0.8</qpid-proton-version>
     <qpid-jms-version>0.26</qpid-jms-version>
     <regexp-version>1.3</regexp-version>
     <rome-version>1.0</rome-version>