diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ffa72018..33a1dfd4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.0-alpha-7
+2.0.0-alpha-8
diff --git a/dependencies/graknlabs/artifacts.bzl b/dependencies/graknlabs/artifacts.bzl
index dfbffe3b..396ffd93 100644
--- a/dependencies/graknlabs/artifacts.bzl
+++ b/dependencies/graknlabs/artifacts.bzl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def graknlabs_grakn_core_artifacts():
         artifact_name = "grakn-core-server-{platform}-{version}.{ext}",
         tag_source = deployment["artifact.release"],
         commit_source = deployment["artifact.snapshot"],
-        commit = "5f96fb705f8f256e8cb1b918fe85893056c827d2",
+        commit = "c04b5f105914c690cbd54e6bdc6a4eb9dda2b3e7",
     )
 
 def graknlabs_grakn_cluster_artifacts():
diff --git a/dependencies/graknlabs/repositories.bzl b/dependencies/graknlabs/repositories.bzl
index bce1e5d4..984f12e9 100644
--- a/dependencies/graknlabs/repositories.bzl
+++ b/dependencies/graknlabs/repositories.bzl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def graknlabs_common():
     git_repository(
         name = "graknlabs_common",
         remote = "https://github.com/graknlabs/common",
-        tag = "2.0.0-alpha-8" # sync-marker: do not remove this comment, this is used for sync-dependencies by @graknlabs_common
+        tag = "2.0.0-alpha-9" # sync-marker: do not remove this comment, this is used for sync-dependencies by @graknlabs_common
     )
 
 def graknlabs_behaviour():
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0b097325..a3569e22 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@
 ## Dependencies
 
 # IMPORTANT: Any changes to these dependencies should be copied to requirements_dev.txt.
-grakn-protocol==0.0.0-7c78ea569d33324214c9867b4952d6d4c16c45df
+grakn-protocol==2.0.0-alpha-10
 grpcio==1.35.0
 protobuf==3.14.0
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 3aed173d..29fa7a87 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-grakn-protocol==0.0.0-7c78ea569d33324214c9867b4952d6d4c16c45df
+grakn-protocol==2.0.0-alpha-10
 grpcio==1.35.0
 protobuf==3.14.0
 
diff --git a/tests/BUILD b/tests/BUILD
index 05f1284b..b7b05b97 100644
--- a/tests/BUILD
+++ b/tests/BUILD
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # Note: Do NOT rename this folder to 'test' as it conflicts with a built-in Python package!
 load("//tools:cluster_test_rule.bzl", "grakn_cluster_py_test")
 load("@graknlabs_bazel_distribution//artifact:rules.bzl", "artifact_extractor")
-load("@graknlabs_common//test/server:rules.bzl", "native_grakn_artifact")
+load("@graknlabs_common//test:rules.bzl", "native_grakn_artifact")
 load("@graknlabs_dependencies//tool/checkstyle:rules.bzl", "checkstyle_test")
 load("@rules_python//python:defs.bzl", "py_library", "py_test")