diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7e763c2..1c1a37d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.17
 require (
 	github.com/SkyAPM/go2sky v1.4.1
 	github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.4.1
-	github.com/dapr/dapr v1.8.1
+	github.com/dapr/dapr v1.8.3
 	github.com/dapr/go-sdk v1.5.0
 	github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c18817b..9f6cf14 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.1.2/go.mod h1:GijpziifJoIBfYh+S7BbkdUTU4LfM+QnG
 github.com/dapr/components-contrib v1.8.0-rc.6/go.mod h1:gxrCpaosbI0n3SFW7fKSvJU/ymjryHqrdRgqmsknuno=
 github.com/dapr/components-contrib v1.8.1-rc.1/go.mod h1:gxrCpaosbI0n3SFW7fKSvJU/ymjryHqrdRgqmsknuno=
 github.com/dapr/dapr v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yAsDiK5oecG0htw2S8JG9RFaeHJVdlTfZyOrL57AvRM=
-github.com/dapr/dapr v1.8.1 h1:vRnPmIfaKmk9gbRP7IQF1beZfRK37D26iMtNOqhxl04=
-github.com/dapr/dapr v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wg91Q7q3OhZ3I+HLoZGCieAGygoYrUcGsdK6N4wMHVY=
+github.com/dapr/dapr v1.8.3 h1:wAmP8lXeI1OeCnLGi3XT1PokbSaM0/N71ChZhjPdTCw=
+github.com/dapr/dapr v1.8.3/go.mod h1:/0JyKebxzz0vPwYXc/2qHBXIicUi01HUWnpQ8AiJ0zM=
 github.com/dapr/go-sdk v1.5.0 h1:OVkrupquJEOL1qRtwKcMVrFKYhw4UJQvgOJNduo2VxE=
 github.com/dapr/go-sdk v1.5.0/go.mod h1:Cvz3taCVu22WCNEUbc9/szvG/yJxWPAV4dcaG+zDWA4=
 github.com/dapr/kit v0.0.2-0.20210614175626-b9074b64d233/go.mod h1:y8r0VqUNKyd6xBXp7gQjwA59wlCLGfKzL5J8iJsN09w=
diff --git a/test/declarative/sync-http-variables/e2e.yaml b/test/declarative/sync-http-variables/e2e.yaml
index c605e43..81aeb9e 100644
--- a/test/declarative/sync-http-variables/e2e.yaml
+++ b/test/declarative/sync-http-variables/e2e.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup:
     - name: install dapr
       command: |
         dapr -v || (wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/master/install/install.sh -O - | /bin/bash)
-        dapr init -k --runtime-version 1.8.1 --log-as-json --wait --timeout 600
+        dapr init -k --runtime-version 1.8.3 --log-as-json --wait --timeout 600
       wait:
         - namespace: dapr-system
           resource: pod