diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53c3284d41..9fa6977b1b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
     <!-- dependencies of maven modules -->
     <jsoup.version>1.14.2</jsoup.version>
-    <rome.version>1.16.0</rome.version>
+    <rome.version>2.1.0</rome.version>
     <cronutils.version>9.1.6</cronutils.version>
 
     <!-- JCR modules -->