diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2547935d..966879846 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
       <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.2</version>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>