diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a608cb4de..ddc123fe2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <repositories>
+        <!--  used for importing java projects from github -->
+        <repository>
+            <id>jitpack.io</id>
+            <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
+        </repository>
         <!-- Hack to force maven to check central first. Maven central is inherited from the superpom,
              but ends up at the end of the list. Though most of the time the artifact is in central,
              Maven tries to download from every other repository and fails before checking central.
@@ -203,11 +208,6 @@
                 <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
             </snapshots>
         </repository>
-        <!--  used for importing java projects from github -->
-        <repository>
-            <id>jitpack.io</id>
-            <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
-        </repository>
     </repositories>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -259,7 +259,11 @@
             <version>5.5.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mobilitydata.gtfs-validator</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gtfs-validator-main</artifactId>
+            <version>4.1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- Used for loading/fetching/validating/writing GTFS entities. gtfs-lib also provides access to:
          - commons-io - generic utilities
          - AWS S3 SDK - putting/getting objects into/out of S3.
@@ -445,11 +449,6 @@
             <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-sts</artifactId>
             <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.MobilityData.gtfs-validator</groupId>
-            <artifactId>gtfs-validator-main</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>