diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f98fe976..48129895 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <core.version>4.8.1</core.version>
+        <core.version>4.9.0</core.version>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     </properties>