diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dff9914..b01b601 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
-                <version>4.0.1</version>
+                <version>5.0.4</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>