diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 7bf0486..e5295cf 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 neon-minerva[padatious]~=0.2
 # TODO: ovos-core specified for unit test dependency resolution
-ovos-core==0.0.7
+ovos-core==0.0.8
 #ovos-lingua-franca~=0.4,>=0.4.8a12