diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff89d7c..092f96e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
         <rabbitmq.version>3.6.6</rabbitmq.version>
         <spark.version>2.1.0</spark.version>
-        <akka.version>2.5.3</akka.version>
+        <akka.version>2.5.16</akka.version>
         <joda.version>2.8.2</joda.version>
         <scalatest.version>2.2.2</scalatest.version>
         <junit.version>4.8.1</junit.version>