diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4eb216..4f1b45c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
             <artifactId>uimafit-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.0</version>
+            <version>3.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>