diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ec24c7..f0db97d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <name>Dropwizard Hello World application</name>
 
     <properties>
-      <dropwizard.version>2.1.0</dropwizard.version>
+      <dropwizard.version>4.0.7</dropwizard.version>
       <junit.version>5.8.2</junit.version>
       <logback.version>1.2.11</logback.version>
       <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>