diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab82446..6233518 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
 			<artifactId>uimafit-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1.0</version>
+			<version>2.4.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- finished adding all ctakes dependencies -->