diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 701a7d817..f46c76817 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>geronimo-jpa_2.2_spec</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0</version>
+                <version>1.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>