diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6dbd847f11..705d829c17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     <log4j-version>1.2.17</log4j-version>
     <mockito-version>1.10.19</mockito-version>
     <owasp-dependency-check-version>5.2.4</owasp-dependency-check-version>
-    <powermock-version>1.6.5</powermock-version>
+    <powermock-version>1.7.4</powermock-version>
     <mqtt-client-version>1.16</mqtt-client-version>
     <org-apache-derby-version>10.14.2.0</org-apache-derby-version>
     <osgi-version>6.0.0</osgi-version>