diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 71754b1..c23094d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.hp.hpl.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>arq</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.2</version>
+            <version>2.8.8</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>