diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 0c97f11a..8081d752 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ val scalatest                 = "org.scalatest"                  %% "scalatest"
 
 val joda_time                 = "joda-time"                      % "joda-time"                 % "2.10.1"
 val algebird                  = "com.twitter"                    %% "algebird-core"            % "0.13.5"
-val joda_convert              = "org.joda"                       % "joda-convert"              % "2.1.2"
+val joda_convert              = "org.joda"                       % "joda-convert"              % "2.2.0"
 val spatial4j                 = "org.locationtech.spatial4j"     % "spatial4j"                 % "0.7"
 
 val typesafe_config           = "com.typesafe"                   % "config"                    % "1.3.3"