diff --git a/test/common/config/pkgdep/git b/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
index 6f5c712a9..72ba3c310 100644
--- a/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
+++ b/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ ICE_VERSION=1.11.14
 
 BPFTRACE_VERSION=${BPFTRACE_VERSION:-36414d9}
 VFIO_QEMU_BRANCH=${VFIO_QEMU_BRANCH:-vfio-user-patch1-noreq}
-VANILLA_QEMU_BRANCH=${VANILLA_QEMU_BRANCH:-v7.0.0}
+VANILLA_QEMU_BRANCH=${VANILLA_QEMU_BRANCH:-v8.0.0}
 
 : ${GIT_REPO_ROCKSDB=https://review.spdk.io/spdk/rocksdb}
 export GIT_REPO_ROCKSDB