diff --git a/src/app-directory/pom.xml b/src/app-directory/pom.xml
index 37426ba95..669e79ac6 100644
--- a/src/app-directory/pom.xml
+++ b/src/app-directory/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
                     <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
-            <version>1.5.16</version>
+            <version>1.6.16</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>