diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2bbaa0394..ecb320171 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-				<version>1.3</version>
+				<version>2.2</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml
index 091e34851..49bff20c0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-samples/spring-cloud-sleuth-sample-test-core/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3</version>
+			<version>2.2</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>