diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb876c4..6462333 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
       <artifactId>uimaj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>2.10.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>