diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 90934fd3ae..9384c1148e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
       <!-- BCEL-336 refers to this specific version.  -->
       <groupId>javax</groupId>
       <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
-      <version>6.0</version>
+      <version>8.0.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>