diff --git a/sparql-gremlin/pom.xml b/sparql-gremlin/pom.xml
index 681803663e2..b1a4b3f1a5a 100644
--- a/sparql-gremlin/pom.xml
+++ b/sparql-gremlin/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>apache-jena-libs</artifactId>
             <type>pom</type>
-            <version>3.12.0</version>
+            <version>4.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tinkerpop</groupId>