diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f8f2b07..da130cbb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <scala.uri.version>0.5.7</scala.uri.version>
         <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
         <wadl-tools.version>1.1.0</wadl-tools.version>
-        <xmlsec.version>1.4.6</xmlsec.version>
+        <xmlsec.version>2.1.7</xmlsec.version>
         <xerces.version>2.12.1-rax</xerces.version>
         <servlet.version>3.1</servlet.version>
         <mockito.version>1.9.0</mockito.version>