diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f0d26b..dd27b5f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
             <artifactId>biojava-core</artifactId>
-            <version>6.1.0</version>
+            <version>7.0.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- other biojava jars as needed -->
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.opencsv/opencsv -->