diff --git a/bolt-http4k/pom.xml b/bolt-http4k/pom.xml
index 0c99b8b3d..ad849f3c3 100644
--- a/bolt-http4k/pom.xml
+++ b/bolt-http4k/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- TODO: upgrade to 6.x -->
-        <http4k.version>5.46.0.0</http4k.version>
+        <http4k.version>6.49.0.0</http4k.version>
         <!-- http4k 5.26+ no longer supports Java 1.8 -->
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>