diff --git a/services/git-bridge/pom.xml b/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
index f03a161d3c..db2299d847 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
             <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.9.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml b/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
index 52547c660c..ee0bab768d 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-codec:commons-codec:1.4" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit.http.server:3.6.0.201412230720-r" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc:3.8.7" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: joda-time:joda-time:2.7" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: joda-time:joda-time:2.9.4" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.google.oauth-client:google-oauth-client:1.20.0" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:1.3.9" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.google.http-client:google-http-client:1.20.0" level="project" />