diff --git a/apm-agent-core/pom.xml b/apm-agent-core/pom.xml
index b542555929..984a63cc68 100644
--- a/apm-agent-core/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-core/pom.xml
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jctools</groupId>
             <artifactId>jctools-core</artifactId>
-            <!-- 4.0.2 is compiled to target java 8 (for no reason I can see), so keep at 4.0.1 and check 4.0.3 https://github.com/JCTools/JCTools/issues/385 -->
-            <version>4.0.1</version>
+            <version>4.0.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode.concurrentlinkedhashmap</groupId>