diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c738699d6f..775186091e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ subprojects {
     dependencies {
         checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:8.22'
 
-        compile 'org.agrona:agrona:1.0.2'
+        compile 'org.agrona:agrona:1.0.3'
 
         testCompile 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.1'
         testCompile 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.28.2'
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 029a7711b1..f61e31516e 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.12.9-SNAPSHOT
+1.12.8