diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 183f86f5495..380fbbbe402 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@
         <junit.vintage.version>5.3.1</junit.vintage.version>
         <junit.platform.version>1.3.1</junit.platform.version>
         <mockito.version>2.22.0</mockito.version>
-        <jacoco.version>0.8.2</jacoco.version>
+        <!--
+        Jacoco 0.8.2 seems to break Netbeans code coverage integration so we'll use 0.8.1 instead.
+        See https://github.com/jacoco/jacoco/issues/772 for discussion of how the XML changed.
+        -->
+        <jacoco.version>0.8.1</jacoco.version>
     </properties>
 
     <!--Maven checks for dependendies from these repos in the order shown in the pom.xml