diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9364b93691c..c54c823a251 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>2.0.7</slf4j.version>
         <sofia.version>0.23</sofia.version>
         <surefire.version>3.1.2</surefire.version>
-        <testng.version>7.8.1</testng.version>
+        <testng.version>7.8.0</testng.version>
         <zt.exec.version>1.12</zt.exec.version>
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>