diff --git a/benchmarks/build.gradle b/benchmarks/build.gradle
index 7546e6d7e1c..36732215d43 100644
--- a/benchmarks/build.gradle
+++ b/benchmarks/build.gradle
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ task test(type: Test, overwrite: true)
 
 dependencies {
     compile("org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:${version}") {
-        // JMH ships with the conflicting version 4.6 (JMH will not update this dependency as it is Java 6 compatible and joptsimple is one
-        // of the most recent compatible version). This prevents us from using jopt-simple in benchmarks (which should be ok) but allows us
-        // to invoke the JMH uberjar as usual.
+        // JMH ships with the conflicting version 4.6. This prevents us from using jopt-simple in benchmarks (which should be ok) but allows
+        // us to invoke the JMH uberjar as usual.
         exclude group: 'net.sf.jopt-simple', module: 'jopt-simple'
     }
     compile "org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:$versions.jmh"
diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 146aafceb7f..44835f7227c 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ commonscodec      = 1.10
 hamcrest          = 1.3
 securemock        = 1.2
 # benchmark dependencies
-jmh               = 1.15
+jmh               = 1.17.3