diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 603b1ac48..c46e5b3ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
 		<logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
 		<netty.version>4.1.119.Final</netty.version>
-		<hamcrest.library.version>2.2</hamcrest.library.version>
+		<hamcrest.library.version>3.0</hamcrest.library.version>
 		<hamcrest.jpa-matchers>1.8</hamcrest.jpa-matchers>
 		<lambdaj.version>2.3.3</lambdaj.version>
 		<mockito.version>3.3.0</mockito.version>