diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84a37b5..2d65bc5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
       <artifactId>dropwizard-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.21</version>
+      <version>2.1.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>