Cannot Resolve Dependency for org.joda.time,version=[1.6,2); org.joda.time.format,version=[1.6,2)

Hi,

As I am trying to migrate my backend code base from AEM 6.1 to AEM 6.4, I came across the following issue.The dependency for  org.joda.time,version=[1.6,2) and org.joda.time.format,version=[1.6,2) cannot be resolved.According to one of the helpx.adobe.com some of the methods for this dependency are depricated in 6.4. Can anyone suggestion the alternative for this dependency. I have added the below maven dependency in my project pom.xml:

<dependency>
<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
<version>2.9.1</version>
<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>