diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 94a31a4e551..679ee31e5d9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8615,8 +8615,8 @@
       }
     },
     "genome-visualizer": {
-      "version": "github:ENCODE-DCC/valis-hpgv#2f507425d6ff27fe380508fa3dfe271161253c78",
-      "from": "github:ENCODE-DCC/valis-hpgv#1.8.0",
+      "version": "github:ENCODE-DCC/valis-hpgv#269fc813143a26df89a204d9b3bc0359d39ea14c",
+      "from": "github:ENCODE-DCC/valis-hpgv#VALIS-8_prevent_collision_btw_annot_txts",
       "requires": {
         "@material-ui/core": "^3.1.0",
         "@material-ui/icons": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89a0a5c3da4..e83f5b4e236 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     "domready": "^1.0.8",
     "form-serialize": "^0.6.0",
     "framer-motion": "^4.1.17",
-    "genome-visualizer": "ENCODE-DCC/valis-hpgv#1.8.0",
+    "genome-visualizer": "ENCODE-DCC/valis-hpgv#VALIS-8_prevent_collision_btw_annot_txts",
     "google-analytics": "file:node_shims/google-analytics",
     "graphlib": "ENCODE-DCC/graphlib#v1.0.8",
     "immutable": "^3.7.5",