diff --git a/ebean-api/pom.xml b/ebean-api/pom.xml
index e05ea5fd5..dc6e65c9a 100644
--- a/ebean-api/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-api/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1</version>
+      <version>6.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>