diff --git a/api-only-suite/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/api-only-suite/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 4a8321bb..d5c67636 100644
--- a/api-only-suite/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/api-only-suite/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ owasp-dependency-check      = { id = "org.owasp.dependencycheck",     version.re
 
 owasp-dependency-check = "13.0.0"
 
-api-detector-core = "1.6.0"
+api-detector-core = "1.8.0"
 dsl-updater-core = "1.0.0"
 javaparser      = "3.28.2"
 swagger-parser = "2.1.47"
diff --git a/doppelganger-api-detector/README.adoc b/doppelganger-api-detector/README.adoc
index dff7d538..9ad49aaa 100644
--- a/doppelganger-api-detector/README.adoc
+++ b/doppelganger-api-detector/README.adoc
@@ -254,6 +254,21 @@ private String usersByUsernamePath;
 mockMvc.perform(get(usersByUsernamePath, "alice"));
 ----
 
+A constant declared in another class, such as `GetUserOperation.PATH`, resolves the same way: it is
+looked up in the merged `propertyFiles` map under the key `SimpleClassName.FIELD`, whether the
+reference is written simply or fully qualified. The API-Only TranscriberJ writes such a file for the
+operation classes it generates, so a project using it only points `propertyFiles` at that file:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+// Constant pattern - only propertyFiles needs to be configured, with an entry such as
+//   GetUserOperation.PATH=/v1/users/{username}
+mockMvc.perform(get(GetUserOperation.PATH, "alice"));
+----
+
+Without a matching key, another class's constant resolves to nothing, as it always did. The plugin
+itself does not depend on the TranscriberJ.
+
 Matching is by simple class/method name only, exactly like every other scanner in this plugin -
 no classpath is consulted, so `ApiEndpoints` never needs to be on the plugin's own classpath.
 Both `propertyFiles` and `pathResolverHelperMethods` default to empty, so a project that doesn't
diff --git a/doppelganger-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/doppelganger-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index b0debe87..d5c67636 100644
--- a/doppelganger-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/doppelganger-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ owasp-dependency-check      = { id = "org.owasp.dependencycheck",     version.re
 
 owasp-dependency-check = "13.0.0"
 
-api-detector-core = "1.6.1"
+api-detector-core = "1.8.0"
 dsl-updater-core = "1.0.0"
 javaparser      = "3.28.2"
 swagger-parser = "2.1.47"
diff --git a/mirage-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/mirage-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 2dcec795..b4b5b39c 100644
--- a/mirage-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/mirage-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ owasp-dependency-check      = { id = "org.owasp.dependencycheck",     version.re
 
 owasp-dependency-check = "13.0.0"
 
-api-detector-core = "1.6.1"
+api-detector-core = "1.8.0"
 dsl-updater-core = "1.0.0"
 javaparser      = "3.28.2"
 swagger-parser  = "2.1.46"
diff --git a/shadow-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/shadow-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 2dcec795..b4b5b39c 100644
--- a/shadow-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/shadow-api-detector/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ owasp-dependency-check      = { id = "org.owasp.dependencycheck",     version.re
 
 owasp-dependency-check = "13.0.0"
 
-api-detector-core = "1.6.1"
+api-detector-core = "1.8.0"
 dsl-updater-core = "1.0.0"
 javaparser      = "3.28.2"
 swagger-parser  = "2.1.46"