diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 253d7a67..02944e7c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		<antlr.version>2.7.7</antlr.version>
 		<apache-shiro.version>1.4.1</apache-shiro.version>
 		<cache-api.version>1.1.1</cache-api.version>
-		<gemfire.version>9.8.3</gemfire.version>
+		<gemfire.version>9.8.4</gemfire.version>
 		<google-code-findbugs.version>2.0.2</google-code-findbugs.version>
 		<multithreadedtc.version>1.01</multithreadedtc.version>
 		<snappy.version>0.4</snappy.version>