diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 069cdc34b..1e94f9cd2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
         <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>