diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e74edd4a..a588d4894 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 							<repositoryLayout>default</repositoryLayout>
 							<groupId>arduino</groupId>
 							<artifactId>arduino-core</artifactId>
-							<version>1.6.12</version>
+							<version>1.8.5</version>
 							<packaging>jar</packaging>
 							<generatePom>true</generatePom>
 						</configuration>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 			<groupId>arduino</groupId>
 			<artifactId>arduino-core</artifactId>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
-			<version>1.6.12</version>
+			<version>1.8.5</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>