diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4fb1b9..2c92000 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <hbase.version>2.5.8-hadoop3</hbase.version>
         <hadoop.version>2.10.2</hadoop.version>
-        <tinkerpop.version>3.7.4</tinkerpop.version>
+        <tinkerpop.version>3.8.1</tinkerpop.version>
         <kryo.version>5.6.2</kryo.version>
         <bigtable-hbase.version>2.15.6</bigtable-hbase.version>
         <giraph.version>1.3.0-hadoop2</giraph.version>