diff --git a/imageio/pom.xml b/imageio/pom.xml
index 4d30f2994..e3fadccae 100644
--- a/imageio/pom.xml
+++ b/imageio/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2</version>
+            <version>3.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>