diff --git a/dodder-api/pom.xml b/dodder-api/pom.xml
index 2e2be64..ea6a2a8 100644
--- a/dodder-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dodder-api/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
             <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
-            <version>3.5.8</version>
+            <version>3.7.2</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>