diff --git a/projects/pom.xml b/projects/pom.xml
index 910a0ff7f01..7d9ff8c224d 100644
--- a/projects/pom.xml
+++ b/projects/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <jackson.version>2.10.5.20201202</jackson.version>
     <javax-activation.version>1.1</javax-activation.version>
     <javax-annotation-api.version>1.3.2</javax-annotation-api.version>
-    <jaeger.version>1.2.0</jaeger.version>
+    <jaeger.version>1.8.1</jaeger.version>
     <jaxb-api.version>2.3.0</jaxb-api.version>
     <jaxrs.version>2.1.1</jaxrs.version>
     <jdk-eea.version>0.0.1</jdk-eea.version>