diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bebc32b638..0ba6f808fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jgroups</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jgroups</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.9.Final</version>
+                <version>4.0.0.Final</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>