diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dec16da72c..429dcb4320 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <tomcat-api-version>8.0.53</tomcat-api-version>
     <jettison-version>1.3.8</jettison-version>
     <jmock-version>2.5.1</jmock-version>
-    <jolokia-version>1.5.0</jolokia-version>
+    <jolokia-version>1.6.0</jolokia-version>
     <josql-version>1.5_5</josql-version>
     <!-- for json-simple use same version as jolokia uses -->
     <json-simple-version>1.1.1</json-simple-version>