diff --git a/maven/tomee-webapp-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/maven/tomee-webapp-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 6ba56e00..603b5767 100644
--- a/maven/tomee-webapp-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/tomee-webapp-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
                     <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
                     <!-- set the version to be the same as the level in your runtime -->
-                    <version>2.2.0</version>
+                    <version>2.2.2</version>
                 </dependency>
             </dependencies>
         </plugin>