diff --git a/benchmark/wordCount/pom.xml b/benchmark/wordCount/pom.xml
index ab1825e..9d127dc 100644
--- a/benchmark/wordCount/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/wordCount/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
             <artifactId>storm-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1</version>
+            <version>1.2.2</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>