diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d05f8a8e..d07bfa88 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       <!-- maven-compiler-plugin -->
       <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
       <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-      <readline.version>2.1</readline.version>
+      <readline.version>2.5</readline.version>
     </properties>
  
     <developers>