diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c74ba3077..9b7840f2b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.opensearch.gradle.test.RestIntegTestTask
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.7.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.8.0-SNAPSHOT")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')