diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d6aa46b9b41..b9c31b61ccb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
     <jaeger.version>1.6.0</jaeger.version>
     <opentracing.version>0.33.0</opentracing.version>
 
-    <hk2.version>2.5.0</hk2.version>
+    <hk2.version>2.6.1</hk2.version>
 
     <!-- httpcomponents versions -->
     <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>