diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed6a4de..4679ebf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <!-- temporary fix by pinning the version until we upgrade to a version of common that contains this or newer version.
             See https://github.com/confluentinc/common/pull/332 for details -->
         <dependency.check.version>6.1.6</dependency.check.version>
-        <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
+        <hamcrest.version>3.0</hamcrest.version>
         <snappy.java.version>1.1.10.5</snappy.java.version>
     </properties>