diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a84b4a3fa7a67a20952bfde62853679273c798e0..e7891a023dcda6819c3b0a9ab588257a753ad87f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <url>http://activiti.org</url>
   <properties>
     <activiti-build.version>7.1.26</activiti-build.version>
-    <activiti-api.version>7.1.39</activiti-api.version>
+    <activiti-api.version>7.1.40</activiti-api.version>
     <activiti-core-common.version>${project.version}</activiti-core-common.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>
   </properties>