diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f8cb566976..3ba285a73a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-                <version>1.3.1</version>
+                <version>1.4.16</version>
                 <type>jar</type>
                 <scope>runtime</scope>
             </dependency>