diff --git a/receiver-hobbit/pom.xml b/receiver-hobbit/pom.xml
index 0b27325bbf..833d16dcc1 100644
--- a/receiver-hobbit/pom.xml
+++ b/receiver-hobbit/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hobbit</groupId>
             <artifactId>core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.17</version>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
             <!--do not increase version because all oaei benchmarks rely on this version and starting from version 1.1.0 they changed the communication format -->
             <!-- maven.aksw.org/repository/internal/org/hobbit/core/ -->
         </dependency>