diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5858c5f..518c94f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
             <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.3</version>
+            <version>5.0.0</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>