diff --git a/matching-eval/pom.xml b/matching-eval/pom.xml
index cb587c0be3..f89dbe3211 100644
--- a/matching-eval/pom.xml
+++ b/matching-eval/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
             <!-- this will also include commons-csv and we want to use that version (no conflicts etc)-->
             <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>
             <artifactId>jena-arq</artifactId>
-            <version>3.10.0</version>
+            <version>3.17.0</version>
         </dependency>
         
         <dependency>
diff --git a/matching-validation/pom.xml b/matching-validation/pom.xml
index 0ed20d2886..3015419263 100644
--- a/matching-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/matching-validation/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- project default compile: -->
-        <jenaVersion>3.12.0</jenaVersion>
+        <jenaVersion>3.17.0</jenaVersion>
         <owlapiVersion>5.1.11</owlapiVersion>
         <jenaPrefix>org.apache.jena.</jenaPrefix>
         <owlapiAdd>.orElse(null)</owlapiAdd>