diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
index 244a23d2f..2c36d32cd 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
@@ -102,12 +108,6 @@
       <groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>
       <artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>