diff --git a/grails-core/build.gradle b/grails-core/build.gradle
index 839e3c765eb..583b536b816 100644
--- a/grails-core/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-core/build.gradle
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'commons-logging', module:'commons-logging'
     }
 
-    testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3"
+    testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:2.2"
 
     testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:$h2Version"