diff --git a/gremlin/driver/pom.xml b/gremlin/driver/pom.xml
index aa164886b6a..54734709503 100644
--- a/gremlin/driver/pom.xml
+++ b/gremlin/driver/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <javac.target.version>${maven.compiler.target}</javac.target.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <gremlin.version>3.8.0</gremlin.version>
+        <gremlin.version>3.8.1</gremlin.version>
         <project.rootdir>${project.basedir}/../</project.rootdir>
     </properties>