diff --git a/chapter08/connection-strategy/pom.xml b/chapter08/connection-strategy/pom.xml
index dde4e82..9606b09 100644
--- a/chapter08/connection-strategy/pom.xml
+++ b/chapter08/connection-strategy/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mule.modules</groupId>
             <artifactId>commonretrypolicies</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0</version>
+            <!-- TODO switch to non snapshot version whenever available -->
+            <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>