diff --git a/jvm-packages/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
index 37fd8b709..6d4288b9a 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
             <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
-            <version>5.3.0</version>
+            <version>5.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>