diff --git a/lang/java/pom.xml b/lang/java/pom.xml
index 89d0b83844f..acb06016795 100644
--- a/lang/java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <commons-lang.version>3.12.0</commons-lang.version>
     <tukaani.version>1.9</tukaani.version>
     <easymock.version>4.3</easymock.version>
-    <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
+    <hamcrest.version>3.0</hamcrest.version>
     <grpc.version>1.39.0</grpc.version>
     <zstd-jni.version>1.5.0-4</zstd-jni.version>
     <!-- version properties for plugins -->