diff --git a/examples/karaf-itest-example/pom.xml b/examples/karaf-itest-example/pom.xml
index 0172a38fd94..8793b93b8d4 100644
--- a/examples/karaf-itest-example/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/karaf-itest-example/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2</version>
+            <version>3.0</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/itests/test/pom.xml b/itests/test/pom.xml
index 5df8533431f..6fc28746e88 100644
--- a/itests/test/pom.xml
+++ b/itests/test/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2</version>
+            <version>3.0</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>