diff --git a/metadata/standalone/pom.xml b/metadata/standalone/pom.xml
index 36531a06..a6eb3bb1 100644
--- a/metadata/standalone/pom.xml
+++ b/metadata/standalone/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
 			<artifactId>uimaj-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.8.1</version>
+			<version>3.3.1</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- for the StanfordPOSTaggerWrapper -->