diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index db833cd93a..c1e246df32 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.6.2</slf4j.version>
     <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
     <guice.version>3.0</guice.version>
-    <jersey.version>1.8</jersey.version>
+    <jersey.version>1.9</jersey.version>
     <ehcache.version>2.4.4</ehcache.version>
     <freemarker.version>2.3.18</freemarker.version>
     <jetty.version>7.4.5.v20110725</jetty.version>