diff --git a/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/kudu.rst b/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/kudu.rst
index 29b39c6d8d5b6..096fd74fc04b6 100644
--- a/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/kudu.rst
+++ b/presto-docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/kudu.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Compatibility
 Connector is compatible with all Apache Kudu versions starting from 1.0.
 
 If the connector uses features that are not available on the target server, an error will be returned.
-Apache Kudu 1.7.0 is currently used for testing.
+Apache Kudu 1.8.0 is currently used for testing.
 
 
 Configuration
diff --git a/presto-kudu/conf/docker-compose-single-node.yaml b/presto-kudu/conf/docker-compose-single-node.yaml
index 2e5e5cf95eca4..b6e02171e5138 100644
--- a/presto-kudu/conf/docker-compose-single-node.yaml
+++ b/presto-kudu/conf/docker-compose-single-node.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '2'
 services:
   kudu:
     hostname: kudu
-    image: 'usuresearch/kudu-docker-slim:release-v1.7.0-2'
+    image: 'usuresearch/kudu-docker-slim:release-v1.8.0-1'
     ports:
       - '18050:8050'
       - '18051:8051'
diff --git a/presto-kudu/conf/docker-compose-three-nodes.yaml b/presto-kudu/conf/docker-compose-three-nodes.yaml
index 5f1972bd8dbb3..e73f680bb4d85 100644
--- a/presto-kudu/conf/docker-compose-three-nodes.yaml
+++ b/presto-kudu/conf/docker-compose-three-nodes.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '2'
 services:
   kudu1:
     hostname: kudu1
-    image: 'usuresearch/kudu-docker-slim:release-v1.7.0-2'
+    image: 'usuresearch/kudu-docker-slim:release-v1.8.0-1'
     ports:
       - '18050:8050'
       - '18051:8051'
diff --git a/presto-kudu/pom.xml b/presto-kudu/pom.xml
index 198567b838b14..efa82fd3d7042 100644
--- a/presto-kudu/pom.xml
+++ b/presto-kudu/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <air.main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</air.main.basedir>
-        <kudu.version>1.7.0</kudu.version>
+        <kudu.version>1.8.0</kudu.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -179,4 +179,23 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- optional dependency of kudu-client needed only for javadoc build -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <additionalDependencies>
+                        <additionalDependency>
+                            <groupId>org.apache.yetus</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>audience-annotations</artifactId>
+                            <version>0.8.0</version>
+                        </additionalDependency>
+                    </additionalDependencies>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>