diff --git a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index a1392d469d..cb2c2d7ecd 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( $scripts ) {
 
 	$scripts->add( 'media-upload', "/wp-admin/js/media-upload$suffix.js", array( 'thickbox', 'shortcode' ), false, 1 );
 
-	$scripts->add( 'hoverIntent', "/wp-includes/js/hoverIntent$suffix.js", array( 'jquery' ), '1.8.1', 1 );
+	$scripts->add( 'hoverIntent', "/wp-includes/js/hoverIntent$suffix.js", array( 'jquery' ), '1.10.1', 1 );
 
 	// JS-only version of hoverintent (no dependencies).
 	$scripts->add( 'hoverintent-js', '/wp-includes/js/hoverintent-js.min.js', array(), '2.2.1', 1 );