diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d0eb2f..e4e9598 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.java-websocket</groupId>
             <artifactId>Java-WebSocket</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.1</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.uima/uimaj-core -->