diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d76ff68f4a..e32aa1d7dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <jetty-version>${jetty9-version}</jetty-version>
     <jmdns-version>3.4.1</jmdns-version>
     <tomcat-api-version>8.0.53</tomcat-api-version>
-    <jettison-version>1.3.8</jettison-version>
+    <jettison-version>1.4.0</jettison-version>
     <jmock-version>2.5.1</jmock-version>
     <jolokia-version>1.6.0</jolokia-version>
     <josql-version>1.5_5</josql-version>