diff --git a/xml/pom.xml b/xml/pom.xml
index 55ff86c89d..b3a04f02ac 100644
--- a/xml/pom.xml
+++ b/xml/pom.xml
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
-        <dom4j.version>2.1.1</dom4j.version>
+        <dom4j.version>2.1.3</dom4j.version>
         <jaxen.version>1.2.0</jaxen.version>
         <jdom2.version>2.0.6</jdom2.version>
         <joox.version>1.6.2</joox.version>