diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a151bb2a3d..3b519da578 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci</groupId>
       <artifactId>jira-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
+      <version>2.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>