diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 15a94e2bbb..a2988b2ef9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
     <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
     <guice.version>3.0</guice.version>
-    <jersey.version>1.6</jersey.version>
+    <jersey.version>1.7</jersey.version>
     <ehcache.version>2.4.2</ehcache.version>
     <project.build.javaLevel>1.6</project.build.javaLevel>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>