diff --git a/concordium-base b/concordium-base
index e83282f25..a88355ca6 160000
--- a/concordium-base
+++ b/concordium-base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e83282f25b4e71f3725352c6a774fd0472824a90
+Subproject commit a88355ca6ee67004ad34cde20527f6cfe4eecf04
diff --git a/src/v2/conversions.rs b/src/v2/conversions.rs
index 5933fbe21..c8f881155 100644
--- a/src/v2/conversions.rs
+++ b/src/v2/conversions.rs
@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ impl From<super::types::ProtocolVersion> for ProtocolVersion {
             super::types::ProtocolVersion::P5 => ProtocolVersion::ProtocolVersion5,
             super::types::ProtocolVersion::P6 => ProtocolVersion::ProtocolVersion6,
             super::types::ProtocolVersion::P7 => ProtocolVersion::ProtocolVersion7,
+            // TODO: rust-sdk needs to be updated to support protocolVersion 8.
+            super::types::ProtocolVersion::P8 => ProtocolVersion::ProtocolVersion1,
         }
     }
 }