diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8aca4d30e6f..d08e137da40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
         <aries.transaction.manager.version>1.3.3</aries.transaction.manager.version>
         <aries.transaction.blueprint.version>1.1.1</aries.transaction.blueprint.version>
         <aries.transaction.blueprint.version2>2.3.0</aries.transaction.blueprint.version2>
-        <aries.util.version>1.1.3</aries.util.version>
+        <aries.util.version>2.0.0</aries.util.version>
         <atomikos.version>4.0.4</atomikos.version>
 
         <openjpa.version>3.2.2</openjpa.version>