diff --git a/ctakes-web-rest/pom.xml b/ctakes-web-rest/pom.xml
index aa7228f..cf2fdcb 100644
--- a/ctakes-web-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/ctakes-web-rest/pom.xml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
 			<artifactId>uimafit-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1.0</version>
+			<version>2.4.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>