diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index fa443e0ca..b18ac422b 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
             <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.3</version>
+            <version>5.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!--Logging framework implements slf4j which is required by hikari-->