diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44c8fce..2f1a1e5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <project.build.source>1.8</project.build.source>
         <project.build.target>1.8</project.build.target>
 
-        <exist.version>5.3.0</exist.version> <!-- minimum version is 5.1.0 -->
+        <exist.version>5.4.0</exist.version> <!-- minimum version is 5.1.0 -->
         <activemq.version>5.16.3</activemq.version>
         <commonspool2.version>2.11.1</commonspool2.version>
         <hawtbuf.version>1.11</hawtbuf.version>