diff --git a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
index 502d866fcc0bd..9c0e032b1914d 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-sql-jdbc-core/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2</version>
+      <version>3.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index ad092b0011e07..b3980e7224d06 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ under the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
         <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>