diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml
index 12f067d185bd5bdce0128de316c59cda14c2df64..e175f4c854a94be423768bfe7f38f2f3bda65bd9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.packaging/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   <name>JGit Tycho Parent (Incubation)</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <tycho-version>0.7.0</tycho-version>
+    <tycho-version>0.8.0</tycho-version>
     <eclipse-site>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/ganymede</eclipse-site>
   </properties>