diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 177972dce..e8f48b3cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
        <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-       <version>1.3</version>
+       <version>2.2</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>