diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index c0451d6d..56162017 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
             <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.5</version>
+            <version>4.0.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!--Logging framework implements slf4j which is required by hikari-->