diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 313fc99e..822a011f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	    <maven.compiler.target>${java-version-compliance}</maven.compiler.target>	
 	    <maven.compiler.release>${java-version-compliance}</maven.compiler.release>
 	    <!-- fj java versions -->
-	    <fj-version>8.7.1</fj-version>
+	    <fj-version>8.7.3</fj-version>
 	    <fj-doc-version>${project.version}</fj-doc-version>
 		<fj-doc-maven-plugin-version>${fj-doc-version}</fj-doc-maven-plugin-version>
 	    <fj-xml-to-json-version>1.2.1</fj-xml-to-json-version>