diff --git a/extensions/akismet/composer.json b/extensions/akismet/composer.json
index 42b651e3a..6d9cb1f63 100644
--- a/extensions/akismet/composer.json
+++ b/extensions/akismet/composer.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         "source": "https://github.com/flarum/flarum-ext-akismet"
     },
     "require": {
-        "flarum/core": "^0.1.0-beta.6",
+        "flarum/core": "^0.1.0-beta.8",
         "flarum/flarum-ext-approval": "^0.1.0-beta.6",
         "tijsverkoyen/akismet": "^1.1"
     },