diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8a2249b..e3d04890 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ws.security</groupId>
         <artifactId>wss4j</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.11</version>
+        <version>1.6.17</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>