diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7998b37..dff1ca1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ Please note that DSE projects templates are meant to be built with `sbt` 0.13.13
 unresolved dependencies errors, please update `sbt` and than clean `ivy` cache (with
 `rm ~/.ivy2/cache/com.datastax.dse/dse-spark-dependencies/` command)
 
-Note that currently sbt 1.x.y is not supported.
-
 ### OSS
 
 If you are planning to execute your Spark Application against Open Source Apache Spark and Open
diff --git a/java/gradle/dse/build.gradle b/java/gradle/dse/build.gradle
index 8cfa4ea..f1fb9df 100644
--- a/java/gradle/dse/build.gradle
+++ b/java/gradle/dse/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ repositories {
     }
 }
 
-def dseVersion = "5.1.7"
+def dseVersion = "5.1.8"
 
 // The assembly configuration will cause jar to be included in assembled fat-jar
 configurations {
diff --git a/java/maven/dse/pom.xml b/java/maven/dse/pom.xml
index b4a3af1..cd76349 100644
--- a/java/maven/dse/pom.xml
+++ b/java/maven/dse/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <dse.version>5.1.7</dse.version>
+    <dse.version>5.1.8</dse.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/java/sbt/dse/build.sbt b/java/sbt/dse/build.sbt
index 8a4d11b..4f707f0 100644
--- a/java/sbt/dse/build.sbt
+++ b/java/sbt/dse/build.sbt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ scalaVersion := "2.11.8"
 resolvers += Resolver.mavenLocal // for testing
 resolvers += "DataStax Repo" at "https://repo.datastax.com/public-repos/"
 
-val dseVersion = "5.1.7"
+val dseVersion = "5.1.8"
 
 // Please make sure that following DSE version matches your DSE cluster version.
 // SBT 0.13.13 or greater required because of a dependency resolution bug
diff --git a/scala/gradle/dse/build.gradle b/scala/gradle/dse/build.gradle
index a8cf140..02bd46a 100644
--- a/scala/gradle/dse/build.gradle
+++ b/scala/gradle/dse/build.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ configurations {
     testCompile.exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'log4j-over-slf4j'
 }
 
-def dseVersion = "5.1.7"
+def dseVersion = "5.1.8"
 
 def scalaVersion = "2.11"
 def scalaTestVersion = "3.0.0"
diff --git a/scala/maven/dse/pom.xml b/scala/maven/dse/pom.xml
index 58c02bb..98b9fd1 100644
--- a/scala/maven/dse/pom.xml
+++ b/scala/maven/dse/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <dse.version>5.1.7</dse.version>
+    <dse.version>5.1.8</dse.version>
     <scala.version>2.11.8</scala.version>
     <scala.main.version>2.11</scala.main.version>
     <scalatest.version>3.0.0</scalatest.version>
diff --git a/scala/sbt/dse/build.sbt b/scala/sbt/dse/build.sbt
index e769846..6d52238 100644
--- a/scala/sbt/dse/build.sbt
+++ b/scala/sbt/dse/build.sbt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ scalaVersion := "2.11.8"
 resolvers += Resolver.mavenLocal // for testing
 resolvers += "DataStax Repo" at "https://repo.datastax.com/public-repos/"
 
-val dseVersion = "5.1.7"
+val dseVersion = "5.1.8"
 
 // Please make sure that following DSE version matches your DSE cluster version.
 // Exclusions are solely for running integrated testing