diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index a4b0b44..202c8a4 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {deps,
  [
   {sext, "1.8.0"},
-  {rocksdb, {git, "https://gitlab.com/seanhinde/erlang-rocksdb.git", {ref,"9ae37839"}}},
+  {rocksdb, {git, "https://gitlab.com/barrel-db/erlang-rocksdb.git", {tag,"1.8.0"}}},
   {hut, "1.4.0"}
  ]}.
 
diff --git a/rebar.lock b/rebar.lock
index 0807887..3b9e82e 100644
--- a/rebar.lock
+++ b/rebar.lock
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {"1.2.0",
 [{<<"hut">>,{pkg,<<"hut">>,<<"1.4.0">>},0},
  {<<"rocksdb">>,
-  {git,"https://gitlab.com/seanhinde/erlang-rocksdb.git",
-       {ref,"9ae378391ffc94200bde24efcd7a4921eba688d0"}},
+  {git,"https://gitlab.com/barrel-db/erlang-rocksdb.git",
+       {ref,"fced5f637de7991c5948e28414ba3790b0476c4b"}},
   0},
  {<<"sext">>,{pkg,<<"sext">>,<<"1.8.0">>},0}]}.
 [
diff --git a/src/mrdb.erl b/src/mrdb.erl
index 99a2a81..5e49702 100644
--- a/src/mrdb.erl
+++ b/src/mrdb.erl
@@ -1546,8 +1546,9 @@ rdb_iterator(R) -> rdb_iterator(R, []).
 rdb_iterator(R, Opts) ->
     rdb_iterator_(R, read_opts(R, Opts)).
 
-rdb_iterator_(#{db_ref := DbRef, cf_handle := CfH, activity := #{type := tx, handle := TxH}}, ROpts) ->
-    rocksdb:transaction_iterator(DbRef, TxH, CfH, ROpts);
+rdb_iterator_(#{cf_handle := CfH, activity := #{type := tx, handle := TxH}}, ROpts) ->
+    %% Note: versions before 1.8.0 expected DbRef as first argument
+    rocksdb:transaction_iterator(TxH, CfH, ROpts);
 rdb_iterator_(#{db_ref := DbRef, cf_handle := CfH}, ROpts) ->
     rocksdb:iterator(DbRef, CfH, ROpts).