diff --git a/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-database/pom.xml b/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-database/pom.xml
index e25847e9..f61f9683 100644
--- a/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-database/pom.xml
+++ b/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-database/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <mongodb.morphia.version>1.3.2</mongodb.morphia.version>
-        <mongo.java.driver.version>3.8.2</mongo.java.driver.version>
+        <mongo.java.driver.version>3.12.1</mongo.java.driver.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>