diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 75e89b1f..5bb9e19a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -285,16 +285,29 @@
 			<version>1.5.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- upgrade jdom to 2.0.5 for performance reasons (https://github.com/hunterhacker/jdom/issues/112) -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
 			<artifactId>rome</artifactId>
 			<version>${rome.version}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
+					<groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
 			<artifactId>rome-opml</artifactId>
 			<version>${rome.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jdom2</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.5</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>