diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bd48639..d924158 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
-        <dropwizard.version>0.8.2</dropwizard.version>
+        <dropwizard.version>1.2.0</dropwizard.version>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>