diff --git a/dependencies.properties b/dependencies.properties
index 3c6412f051..51ee2ac84a 100644
--- a/dependencies.properties
+++ b/dependencies.properties
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # Versions only, for dependencies which actual artifacts differ between Bazel and Gradle
 version.com_google_protobuf=3.9.1
-version.google_java_format=1.6
+version.google_java_format=1.8
 
 # Common deps.
 maven.com_google_guava_guava__com_google_api_codegen=com.google.guava:guava:26.0-jre