diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5914e56..2c0758a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jersey-common</artifactId>
-            <version>2.39.1</version>
+            <version>2.40</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Needed for native access for killing duplicate processes and getting process id -->