diff --git a/azure-eventhubs-eph/pom.xml b/azure-eventhubs-eph/pom.xml
index 094b4c9f7..eaab15cf6 100644
--- a/azure-eventhubs-eph/pom.xml
+++ b/azure-eventhubs-eph/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
         <artifactId>azure-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>4.4.0</version>
+        <version>5.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
 	   	<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>