diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 112a2060995d..56d51416f6e0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
     <woodstox.version>5.4.0</woodstox.version>
 
     <!-- jaegertracing veresion -->
-    <jaeger.version>1.6.0</jaeger.version>
+    <jaeger.version>1.8.1</jaeger.version>
     <opentracing.version>0.33.0</opentracing.version>
 
     <hk2.version>2.6.1</hk2.version>