diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 59b597b..d29852d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <onap.logging.version>1.6.1</onap.logging.version>
 
     <commons.collections.version>4.1</commons.collections.version>
-    <ws.rs.version>2.0.1</ws.rs.version>
+    <ws.rs.version>2.1</ws.rs.version>
 
     <jetty.version>9.4.18.v20190429</jetty.version>