diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e4e7bf4370..40a828d453 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ project('spring-integration-jms') {
         compile "org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion"
         compile ("org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jms_1.1_spec:1.1") { provided = true }
         testCompile project(":spring-integration-test")
-        testCompile ("org.apache.activemq:activemq-core:5.3.0") {
+        testCompile ("org.apache.activemq:activemq-core:5.6.0") {
             exclude group: 'org.springframework', module: 'spring-context'
         }