diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d886cc3c56..46b0231966 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <karaf-version>4.3.7</karaf-version>
     <log4j-version>2.18.0</log4j-version>
     <mockito-version>3.8.0</mockito-version>
-    <owasp-dependency-check-version>5.2.4</owasp-dependency-check-version>
+    <owasp-dependency-check-version>7.1.1</owasp-dependency-check-version>
     <mqtt-client-version>1.16</mqtt-client-version>
     <org-apache-derby-version>10.15.2.0</org-apache-derby-version>
     <osgi-version>6.0.0</osgi-version>