diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2c0dc346a..5a287afa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ jobs:
       GOARCH: amd64
       GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org
       JDK_VER: 13.0.x
-      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 0.7.1
+      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 0.8.0-rc.0
       DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/e498de9f7dd92c30aa592d6e6761dc924bb53cc2/install/install.sh
-      DAPR_CLI_REF: e498de9f7dd92c30aa592d6e6761dc924bb53cc2
-      DAPR_REF: 4d3945364d89aae045a05b1d611458abedf1a1ff
+      DAPR_CLI_REF: 15a3ffa1d74ca3f017decee6a4bc8ac7b3ed5ba0
+      DAPR_REF:
       OSSRH_USER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USER_TOKEN }}
       OSSRH_PWD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PWD_TOKEN }}
       GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY }}
diff --git a/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/DaprRun.java b/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/DaprRun.java
index 41b71c17c..f37fa1397 100644
--- a/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/DaprRun.java
+++ b/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/DaprRun.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import static io.dapr.it.Retry.callWithRetry;
 
 public class DaprRun {
 
-  private static final String DAPR_RUN = "dapr run --app-id %s ";
+  private static final String DAPR_RUN = "dapr run --app-id %s --components-path ./components";
 
   // the arg in -Dexec.args is the app's port
   private static final String DAPR_COMMAND =