diff --git a/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-service/pom.xml b/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-service/pom.xml
index 57c2f7c74..4ca1ecde0 100644
--- a/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-service/pom.xml
+++ b/taxonomy-api/taxonomy-service/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         </pluginRepository>
     </pluginRepositories>
     <properties>
-        <play2.version>2.7.2</play2.version>
+        <play2.version>2.8.22</play2.version>
         <play2.plugin.version>1.0.0-rc5</play2.plugin.version>
         <sbt-compiler.plugin.version>1.0.0</sbt-compiler.plugin.version>
     </properties>