diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d1553bb..0d274a9e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
                 <artifactId>uimaj-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.0</version>
+                <version>2.10.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>