diff --git a/gcloud-java-core/pom.xml b/gcloud-java-core/pom.xml
index df0869d00f3d..7b94cead0f25 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-core/pom.xml
+++ b/gcloud-java-core/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
       <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-      <version>RELEASE</version>
+      <version>2.8.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>