diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a566a8..b91981a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
-	    <exist.version>4.0.0</exist.version>
+	    <exist.version>6.0.1</exist.version>
         <commons.lang.version>3.12.0</commons.lang.version>
         <bin.module.namespace>http://expath.org/ns/binary</bin.module.namespace>
         <bin.module.java.package>org.exist.xquery.modules.expath.bin</bin.module.java.package>