diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1cdb7b1b1..cbbdb21f6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2</version>
+      <version>3.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>