diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7aa362a90..ed3c55224 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ subprojects {
     }
 
     jacoco {
-        toolVersion = '0.7.9'
+        toolVersion = '0.8.2'
     }
     
     // ensure the build-dir exists
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 46ac73cb9..e630ce39e 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ under the License.
               value="${repository.m2}/maven2/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.18/commons-compress-1.18.jar"/>
 
     <!-- coverage libs -->
-    <property name="jacoco.zip" location="${main.lib}/jacoco-0.8.1.zip"/>
-    <property name="jacoco.url" value="${repository.m2}/maven2/org/jacoco/jacoco/0.8.1/jacoco-0.8.1.zip"/>
+    <property name="jacoco.zip" location="${main.lib}/jacoco-0.8.2.zip"/>
+    <property name="jacoco.url" value="${repository.m2}/maven2/org/jacoco/jacoco/0.8.2/jacoco-0.8.2.zip"/>
     <property name="asm.jar" location="${main.lib}/asm-6.0.jar"/>
     <property name="asm.url" value="${repository.m2}/maven2/org/ow2/asm/asm/6.0/asm-6.0.jar"/>
     <property name="asmcommons.jar" location="${main.lib}/asm-commons-6.0.jar"/>
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ under the License.
                 <include name="jacoco-0.7.7*"/>
                 <include name="jacoco-0.7.8*"/>
                 <include name="jacoco-0.7.9*"/>
+                <include name="jacoco-0.8.1*"/>
                 <include name="jmh-core-1.15*"/>
                 <include name="jmh-generator-annprocess-1.15*"/>
                 <include name="log4j-1.2.13*"/>
@@ -629,6 +630,7 @@ under the License.
                 <include name="org.jacoco.*-0.7.7*"/>
                 <include name="org.jacoco.*-0.7.8*"/>
                 <include name="org.jacoco.*-0.7.9*"/>
+                <include name="org.jacoco.*-0.8.1*"/>
                 <include name="dom4j*"/>
                 <include name="apache-rat-0.10*"/>
                 <include name="xercesImpl-*.jar"/>
diff --git a/sonar/pom.xml b/sonar/pom.xml
index 388cabd0d..b14770962 100644
--- a/sonar/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.7.8</version>
+                <version>0.8.2</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>