diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 99c809f9..827647d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <fhir.version>7.6.1</fhir.version>
+        <fhir.version>8.2.0</fhir.version>
         <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <fasterxml.version>2.19.0</fasterxml.version>
         <sonar.organization>nhsdigital</sonar.organization>