diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 0a471bb..4eea5c4 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
 maven_jar(
     name = "joda_time",
-    artifact = "joda-time:joda-time:2.9.4",
-    sha1 = "1c295b462f16702ebe720bbb08f62e1ba80da41b",
+    artifact = "joda-time:joda-time:2.9.8",
+    sha1 = "03986e1763e5df02ad7fc040ecb555193a8436bb",
 )
 
 maven_jar(