diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb876c4..6acac52 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
       <artifactId>uimafit-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.0</version>
+      <version>2.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>