diff --git a/Core/nbproject/project.properties b/Core/nbproject/project.properties
index 94dffdeb9b..80e8cfd4d4 100644
--- a/Core/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/Core/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ file.reference.jericho-html-3.3.jar=release/modules/ext/jericho-html-3.3.jar
 file.reference.jgraphx-v3.8.0.jar=release/modules/ext/jgraphx-v3.8.0.jar
 file.reference.jhighlight-1.0.3.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\jhighlight-1.0.3.jar
 file.reference.jmatio-1.5.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\jmatio-1.5.jar
-file.reference.jna-5.1.0.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\jna-5.1.0.jar
 file.reference.json-simple-1.1.1.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\json-simple-1.1.1.jar
 file.reference.jsoup-1.11.3.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\jsoup-1.11.3.jar
 file.reference.jul-to-slf4j-1.7.25.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\jul-to-slf4j-1.7.25.jar
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ file.reference.xz-1.8.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\xz-1.8.jar
 file.reference.zookeeper-3.4.6.jar=release/modules/ext/zookeeper-3.4.6.jar
 file.reference.SparseBitSet-1.1.jar=release/modules/ext/SparseBitSet-1.1.jar
 file.reference.commons-validator-1.6.jar=release/modules/ext/commons-validator-1.6.jar
-file.reference.jna-3.4.0.jar=release/modules/ext/jna-3.4.0.jar
 file.reference.api-common-1.7.0.jar=release/modules/ext/api-common-1.7.0.jar
 file.reference.gax-1.44.0.jar=release/modules/ext/gax-1.44.0.jar
 file.reference.gax-grpc-1.44.0.jar=release/modules/ext/gax-grpc-1.44.0.jar
diff --git a/Core/nbproject/project.xml b/Core/nbproject/project.xml
index 182b92a661..02d37221a7 100644
--- a/Core/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/Core/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -615,10 +615,6 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/commons-validator-1.6.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/commons-validator-1.6.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/jna-5.1.0.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release\modules\ext\jna-5.1.0.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/jbig2-imageio-3.0.2.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release\modules\ext\jbig2-imageio-3.0.2.jar</binary-origin>
diff --git a/CoreLibs/ivy.xml b/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
index 6819dac82d..4853d1f90e 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
+++ b/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
         
         <!-- for viewers -->
         <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="org.freedesktop.gstreamer" name="gst1-java-core" rev="1.0.0"/>
-        <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="net.java.dev.jna" name="jna" rev="3.4.0"/>
-        <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="net.java.dev.jna" name="platform" rev="3.4.0"/>
+        <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="net.java.dev.jna" name="jna-platform" rev="5.5.0"/>
         
         <!-- for file search -->
         <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="com.github.lgooddatepicker" name="LGoodDatePicker" rev="10.3.1"/>
@@ -73,8 +72,5 @@
         <dependency conf="autopsy_core->default" org="com.googlecode.plist" name="dd-plist" rev="1.20"/>
         
         <exclude org="*" ext="*" type="javadoc"/>
-        <!-- conflict resolutions for multiple JAR versions -->
-        <conflict org="net.java.dev.jna" module="jna" rev="3.4.0"/>
-        <conflict org="net.java.dev.jna" module="platform" rev="3.4.0"/>
     </dependencies>
 </ivy-module>
diff --git a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
index 677f823e67..42f8292d5b 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ file.reference.dom4j-1.6.1.jar=release/modules/ext/dom4j-1.6.1.jar
 file.reference.geronimo-jms_1.1_spec-1.0.jar=release/modules/ext/geronimo-jms_1.1_spec-1.0.jar
 file.reference.gson-2.8.5.jar=release/modules/ext/gson-2.8.5.jar
 file.reference.gst1-java-core-1.0.0.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\gst1-java-core-1.0.0.jar
-file.reference.jna-3.4.0.jar=release/modules/ext/jna-3.4.0.jar
 file.reference.guava-19.0.jar=release/modules/ext/guava-19.0.jar
 file.reference.imageio-bmp-3.2.jar=release/modules/ext/imageio-bmp-3.2.jar
 file.reference.imageio-core-3.2.jar=release/modules/ext/imageio-core-3.2.jar
@@ -44,6 +43,8 @@ file.reference.jfxtras-common-8.0-r4.jar=release/modules/ext/jfxtras-common-8.0-
 file.reference.jfxtras-controls-8.0-r4.jar=release/modules/ext/jfxtras-controls-8.0-r4.jar
 file.reference.jfxtras-fxml-8.0-r4.jar=release/modules/ext/jfxtras-fxml-8.0-r4.jar
 file.reference.jna-3.4.0.jar=release/modules/ext/jna-3.4.0.jar
+file.reference.jna-5.5.0.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\jna-5.5.0.jar
+file.reference.jna-platform-5.5.0.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\jna-platform-5.5.0.jar
 file.reference.joda-time-2.4.jar=release/modules/ext/joda-time-2.4.jar
 file.reference.jsr305-1.3.9.jar=release/modules/ext/jsr305-1.3.9.jar
 file.reference.LGoodDatePicker-10.3.1.jar=release/modules/ext/LGoodDatePicker-10.3.1.jar
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ file.reference.logkit-1.0.1.jar=release/modules/ext/logkit-1.0.1.jar
 file.reference.mail-1.4.3.jar=release/modules/ext/mail-1.4.3.jar
 file.reference.opencv-248.jar=release/modules/ext/opencv-248.jar
 file.reference.openjfx-dialogs-1.0.2.jar=release/modules/ext/openjfx-dialogs-1.0.3.jar
-file.reference.platform-3.4.0.jar=release/modules/ext/platform-3.4.0.jar
 file.reference.poi-4.0.1.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\poi-4.0.1.jar
 file.reference.poi-excelant-4.0.1.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\poi-excelant-4.0.1.jar
 file.reference.poi-ooxml-4.0.1.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\poi-ooxml-4.0.1.jar
diff --git a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml
index 0498669b04..d5169a8965 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -806,10 +806,6 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/sigar-1.6.4.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/sigar-1.6.4.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/jna-3.4.0.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/jna-3.4.0.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/gson-2.8.5.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/gson-2.8.5.jar</binary-origin>
@@ -902,6 +898,10 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/commons-csv-1.4.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/commons-csv-1.4.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
+            <class-path-extension>
+                <runtime-relative-path>ext/jna-5.5.0.jar</runtime-relative-path>
+                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/jna-5.5.0.jar</binary-origin>
+            </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/imageio-sgi-3.2.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/imageio-sgi-3.2.jar</binary-origin>
@@ -946,10 +946,6 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/imageio-bmp-3.2.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/imageio-bmp-3.2.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/platform-3.4.0.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/platform-3.4.0.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/commons-lang-2.6.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/commons-lang-2.6.jar</binary-origin>
@@ -1018,6 +1014,10 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/dom4j-1.6.1.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/dom4j-1.6.1.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
+            <class-path-extension>
+                <runtime-relative-path>ext/jna-platform-5.5.0.jar</runtime-relative-path>
+                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/jna-platform-5.5.0.jar</binary-origin>
+            </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/imageio-metadata-3.2.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/imageio-metadata-3.2.jar</binary-origin>