diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6943af9..bbc545f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2</version>
+      <version>3.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- embedder for testing Embedded3xLauncher with classpath -->