diff --git a/maven-release-manager/pom.xml b/maven-release-manager/pom.xml
index 10eb6f89..12025ced 100644
--- a/maven-release-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-manager/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
+      <version>2.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
index 82247aeb..bded1997 100644
--- a/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
+      <version>2.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>