diff --git a/deps/verifier/Cargo.toml b/deps/verifier/Cargo.toml
index 1f91fdc3ac..b9369e9c25 100644
--- a/deps/verifier/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deps/verifier/Cargo.toml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ serde_with = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 # note: this one is overriden in the workspace Cargo.toml, because the
 # 7.1.0 version doesn't build w/ sev + serde features enabled. The
 # override can be removed once 7.2.0 is released
-sev = { version = "7", default-features = false, features = [
+sev = { version = "8", default-features = false, features = [
     "openssl",
     "snp",
     "serde",