diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fc8a9dd..7f2b6c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Gemfile.lock
 .idea
 *.iml
 neo4j
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 921f5d6..6dd6281 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-script: "bundle exec rake neo4j:install['enterprise','1.8.RC1'] neo4j:start spec --trace"
+script: "bundle exec rake neo4j:install['enterprise','1.8'] neo4j:start spec --trace"
 language: ruby
 rvm:
   - 1.9.3
diff --git a/lib/neography/tasks.rb b/lib/neography/tasks.rb
index 1e99139..d521bf2 100644
--- a/lib/neography/tasks.rb
+++ b/lib/neography/tasks.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 namespace :neo4j do
   desc "Install Neo4j"
   task :install, :edition, :version do |t, args|
-    args.with_defaults(:edition => "community", :version => "1.7")
+    args.with_defaults(:edition => "community", :version => "1.8")
     puts "Installing Neo4j-#{args[:edition]}-#{args[:version]}"
     
     if OS::Underlying.windows?