diff --git a/dev-tools/idea/.idea/libraries/JUnit.xml b/dev-tools/idea/.idea/libraries/JUnit.xml
index 23917c83162..51d5072e5af 100644
--- a/dev-tools/idea/.idea/libraries/JUnit.xml
+++ b/dev-tools/idea/.idea/libraries/JUnit.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <library name="JUnit">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lucene/test-framework/lib/junit-4.10.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lucene/test-framework/lib/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.7.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lucene/test-framework/lib/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.8.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES />
diff --git a/dev-tools/maven/pom.xml.template b/dev-tools/maven/pom.xml.template
index 9f0034705c9..4becd82734a 100644
--- a/dev-tools/maven/pom.xml.template
+++ b/dev-tools/maven/pom.xml.template
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting</groupId>
         <artifactId>randomizedtesting-runner</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.7</version>
+        <version>2.0.8</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index d8f2b549838..4aae2cab1a0 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ Documentation
 
 Build
 
+* LUCENE-4650: Upgrade randomized testing to version 2.0.8: make the
+  test framework more robust under low memory conditions. (Dawid Weiss)
+
 * LUCENE-4603: Upgrade randomized testing to version 2.0.5: print forked
   JVM PIDs on heartbeat from hung tests (Dawid Weiss)
 
diff --git a/lucene/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.7.jar.sha1 b/lucene/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.7.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f4a1bdd837d..00000000000
--- a/lucene/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.7.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2fc437123ab422047b9e6942fd5c67c08acbd1eb
diff --git a/lucene/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.8.jar.sha1 b/lucene/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.8.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df83cbe7c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lucene/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.8.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+60a3de36a65afc240162cf9fa0cab5a0209f5467
diff --git a/lucene/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.7.jar.sha1 b/lucene/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.7.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bf6acedb5e..00000000000
--- a/lucene/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.7.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-f7cfa66cfe6bb5a90849571e9e07412497b96d07
diff --git a/lucene/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.8.jar.sha1 b/lucene/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.8.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7d300ed2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lucene/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.8.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5279738eb9e4e820aacbe8f7cb1120159592496b
diff --git a/lucene/test-framework/ivy.xml b/lucene/test-framework/ivy.xml
index 7a1df9e7124..2a931793fc9 100644
--- a/lucene/test-framework/ivy.xml
+++ b/lucene/test-framework/ivy.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
       <dependency org="org.apache.ant" name="ant" rev="1.8.2" transitive="false" />
 
       <dependency org="junit" name="junit" rev="4.10" transitive="false" conf="default->*;junit4-stdalone->*" />
-      <dependency org="com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting" name="junit4-ant" rev="2.0.7" transitive="false" conf="default->*;junit4-stdalone->*" />
-      <dependency org="com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting" name="randomizedtesting-runner" rev="2.0.7" transitive="false" conf="default->*;junit4-stdalone->*" />
+      <dependency org="com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting" name="junit4-ant" rev="2.0.8" transitive="false" conf="default->*;junit4-stdalone->*" />
+      <dependency org="com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting" name="randomizedtesting-runner" rev="2.0.8" transitive="false" conf="default->*;junit4-stdalone->*" />
 
       <exclude org="*" ext="*" matcher="regexp" type="${ivy.exclude.types}"/> 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/solr/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.7.jar.sha1 b/solr/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.7.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f4a1bdd837d..00000000000
--- a/solr/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.7.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2fc437123ab422047b9e6942fd5c67c08acbd1eb
diff --git a/solr/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.8.jar.sha1 b/solr/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.8.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df83cbe7c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solr/licenses/junit4-ant-2.0.8.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+60a3de36a65afc240162cf9fa0cab5a0209f5467
diff --git a/solr/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.7.jar.sha1 b/solr/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.7.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bf6acedb5e..00000000000
--- a/solr/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.7.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-f7cfa66cfe6bb5a90849571e9e07412497b96d07
diff --git a/solr/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.8.jar.sha1 b/solr/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.8.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7d300ed2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solr/licenses/randomizedtesting-runner-2.0.8.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5279738eb9e4e820aacbe8f7cb1120159592496b
diff --git a/solr/test-framework/ivy.xml b/solr/test-framework/ivy.xml
index 10402c22ec3..68fb4e1eb94 100644
--- a/solr/test-framework/ivy.xml
+++ b/solr/test-framework/ivy.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
       <dependency org="org.apache.ant" name="ant" rev="1.8.2" transitive="false" />
 
       <dependency org="junit" name="junit" rev="4.10" transitive="false" conf="default->*;junit4-stdalone->*" />
-      <dependency org="com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting" name="junit4-ant" rev="2.0.7" transitive="false" conf="default->*;junit4-stdalone->*" />
-      <dependency org="com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting" name="randomizedtesting-runner" rev="2.0.7" transitive="false" conf="default->*;junit4-stdalone->*" />
+      <dependency org="com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting" name="junit4-ant" rev="2.0.8" transitive="false" conf="default->*;junit4-stdalone->*" />
+      <dependency org="com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting" name="randomizedtesting-runner" rev="2.0.8" transitive="false" conf="default->*;junit4-stdalone->*" />
 
       <exclude org="*" ext="*" matcher="regexp" type="${ivy.exclude.types}"/> 
     </dependencies>