diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 72ced6a..5755223 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-		<exist.version>4.4.0</exist.version>
+		<exist.version>4.6.1</exist.version>
 		<maven.version>3.6.0</maven.version>
 		<package.name>http://expath.org/ns/${project.artifactId}</package.name>
 		<package.abbrev>expath-${project.artifactId}-exist-lib</package.abbrev>