diff --git a/mbhd-swing/pom.xml b/mbhd-swing/pom.xml
index 48b48cf97..53ad644c1 100644
--- a/mbhd-swing/pom.xml
+++ b/mbhd-swing/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
                     <urn>com.google.code.gson:gson:2.2.2:jar:null:compile:1f96456ca233dec780aa224bff076d8e8bca3908</urn>
                     <urn>com.google.guava:guava:16.0.1:jar:null:compile:5fa98cd1a63c99a44dd8d3b77e4762b066a5d0c5</urn>
                     <urn>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:2.5.0:jar:null:compile:a10732c76bfacdbd633a7eb0f7968b1059a65dfa</urn>
-                    <urn>com.google.zxing:core:1.7:jar:null:compile:888814a387fc7570d50c4fbf4d20555d4fdd7646</urn>
+                    <urn>com.google.zxing:core:3.2.1:jar:null:compile:2287494d4f5f9f3a9a2bb6980e3f32053721b315</urn>
                     <urn>com.googlecode.jcsv:jcsv:1.4.0:jar:null:compile:3b2dfd1ff251cdcf4745a7643a966f14d10e2532</urn>
                     <urn>com.lambdaworks:scrypt:1.4.0:jar:null:compile:906506b74f30c8c20bccd9ed4a11112d8941fe87</urn>
                     <urn>com.madgag.spongycastle:core:1.51.0.0:jar:null:compile:0f642963312ea0e615ad65f28adc5a5b3a2a0862</urn>
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.zxing</groupId>
       <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>3.2.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/mbhd-swing/src/main/java/org/multibit/hd/ui/utils/QRCodes.java b/mbhd-swing/src/main/java/org/multibit/hd/ui/utils/QRCodes.java
index c4b6312c1..c1a63cd3d 100644
--- a/mbhd-swing/src/main/java/org/multibit/hd/ui/utils/QRCodes.java
+++ b/mbhd-swing/src/main/java/org/multibit/hd/ui/utils/QRCodes.java
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ public static Optional<BufferedImage> generateQRCode(String contents, int scaleF
     final ByteMatrix matrix;
     try {
 
-      QRCode code = new QRCode();
-      matrix = encode(contents, code);
+      matrix = encode(contents);
 
     } catch (com.google.zxing.WriterException e) {
       return Optional.absent();
@@ -80,11 +79,11 @@ public static Optional<BufferedImage> generateQRCode(String contents, int scaleF
    *
    * @return A QR Code as a ByteMatrix 2D array of greyscale values
    */
-  private static ByteMatrix encode(String contents, QRCode code) throws WriterException {
+  private static ByteMatrix encode(String contents) throws WriterException {
 
     Preconditions.checkState(!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(contents), "'contents' must be present");
 
-    Encoder.encode(contents, ErrorCorrectionLevel.L, null, code);
+    QRCode code = Encoder.encode(contents, ErrorCorrectionLevel.L);
 
     // Use a multiple of 2 for desktop screen
     return renderResult(code, 2);