diff --git a/jvm-packages/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
index b55e9ef0f..fbc28a196 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
             <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.2</version>
+            <version>5.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>