diff --git a/dropwizard-dependencies/pom.xml b/dropwizard-dependencies/pom.xml
index 1008f0f48a5..40e00830259 100644
--- a/dropwizard-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- External dependencies -->
-        <activation-api.version>1.2.2</activation-api.version>
+        <activation-api.version>2.0.1</activation-api.version>
         <argparse4j.version>0.9.0</argparse4j.version>
         <byte-buddy.version>1.11.13</byte-buddy.version>
         <caffeine.version>2.9.2</caffeine.version>