diff --git a/eclipse-collections-testutils/pom.xml b/eclipse-collections-testutils/pom.xml
index 9e6466032a..0e1c2df8a4 100644
--- a/eclipse-collections-testutils/pom.xml
+++ b/eclipse-collections-testutils/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3</version>
+            <version>3.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/unit-tests-java8/pom.xml b/unit-tests-java8/pom.xml
index 2215fae433..ebefcb1454 100644
--- a/unit-tests-java8/pom.xml
+++ b/unit-tests-java8/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3</version>
+            <version>3.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>