diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d390f6..3d995ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
             <artifactId>uimaj-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.0</version>
+            <version>3.3.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>