diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6bebf532..88aa5afb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
+            <version>4.0.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- The huge set of awesome Java libraries are available as such