diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f1c6c3bd..73225f45 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <owlapi.version>4.5.15</owlapi.version>
-        <sesame.version>2.7.12</sesame.version> <!-- use same as Blazegraph  -->
+        <sesame.version>4.1.2</sesame.version> <!-- use same as Blazegraph  -->
         <jetty.version>9.2.3.v20140905
         </jetty.version> <!--  needs to be exactly 9.2.3.v20140905 - older or newer version of jetty will not work with text search api-->
         <jersey.version>2.29</jersey.version>