diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 9c9acade..585d07d9 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ val scalatest                 = "org.scalatest"                  %% "scalatest"
 val joda_time                 = "joda-time"                      % "joda-time"                 % "2.10.10"
 val algebird                  = "com.twitter"                    %% "algebird-core"            % "0.13.7"
 val joda_convert              = "org.joda"                       % "joda-convert"              % "2.2.1"
-val spatial4j                 = "org.locationtech.spatial4j"     % "spatial4j"                 % "0.7"
+val spatial4j                 = "org.locationtech.spatial4j"     % "spatial4j"                 % "0.8"
 
 val typesafe_config           = "com.typesafe"                   % "config"                    % "1.3.4"