diff --git a/backend/danswer/connectors/danswer_jira/connector.py b/backend/danswer/connectors/danswer_jira/connector.py
index e70b28a1a2c..a142ed4a193 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/connectors/danswer_jira/connector.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/connectors/danswer_jira/connector.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 logger = setup_logger()
 
-JIRA_API_VERSION = os.environ.get("JIRA_API_VERSION") or "2"
+JIRA_API_VERSION = os.environ.get("JIRA_API_VERSION") or "3"
 _JIRA_FULL_PAGE_SIZE = 50
 
 
diff --git a/backend/danswer/connectors/danswer_jira/utils.py b/backend/danswer/connectors/danswer_jira/utils.py
index b8c62bf5780..e50600e9174 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/connectors/danswer_jira/utils.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/connectors/danswer_jira/utils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 logger = setup_logger()
 
-JIRA_API_VERSION = os.environ.get("JIRA_API_VERSION") or "2"
+JIRA_API_VERSION = os.environ.get("JIRA_API_VERSION") or "3"
 
 
 def best_effort_basic_expert_info(obj: Any) -> BasicExpertInfo | None:
diff --git a/backend/requirements/default.txt b/backend/requirements/default.txt
index 76f4387aeb9..33e9de5ebdb 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/default.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/default.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ httpcore==0.16.3
 httpx[http2]==0.23.3
 httpx-oauth==0.11.2
 huggingface-hub==0.20.1
-jira==3.5.1
+jira==3.10.5
 jsonref==1.1.0
 langchain==0.1.17
 langchain-community==0.0.36