diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aca0266..41c8d1e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	  <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
 	  <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
 	  <type>pom</type>
-	  <version>4.8.0</version>
+	  <version>4.9.0</version>
 	</dependency>      
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xalan</groupId>