diff --git a/exist-core-jmh/pom.xml b/exist-core-jmh/pom.xml
index b1b6a4a77a8..b67ce915781 100644
--- a/exist-core-jmh/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-core-jmh/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <description>JMH Benchmarks for exist-core</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <jmh.version>1.36</jmh.version>
+        <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
         <uberjar.name>benchmarks</uberjar.name>
     </properties>