diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index dc34070614a5d9123e1d5b86ea918fbe011cf1a7..ef063e25d301e7cbbf1cd3194e2a0dcfa0ee123e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     "drupal/shield": "1.2",
     "drupal/captcha": "1.0-beta1",
     "drupal/recaptcha": "2.3",
-    "drupal/search_api": "1.7",
+    "drupal/search_api": "1.8",
     "drupal/mailsystem": "4.1",
     "drupal/smtp": "1.0-beta3",
     "drupal/maxlength": "1.0-beta1",
diff --git a/drupal-org.make b/drupal-org.make
index ed5c3af818b7bdf3d5200baad018e39a60ecfb52..19b4bfac3d2f4fa411b37b8e9bbe2ccd0905f481 100644
--- a/drupal-org.make
+++ b/drupal-org.make
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ projects[recaptcha][version] = 2.3
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 projects[search_api][type] = module
-projects[search_api][version] = 1.7
+projects[search_api][version] = 1.8
 ;; Issue #2931562: Fixed the Notice: Undefined index: total When we enable the module in the installation step.
 projects[search_api][patch][] = https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2931562-13--undefined_total_in_task_manager_batch_finish.patch