diff --git a/components-core/pom.xml b/components-core/pom.xml
index 9e278f935..d94989673 100644
--- a/components-core/pom.xml
+++ b/components-core/pom.xml
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
         <dependency>
 				<groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
 				<artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-				<version>1.4.3</version>
+				<version>1.4.18</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>xpp3</groupId>