diff --git a/graalvm/transactions/fork/narayana/blacktie/utils/cpp-plugin/pom.xml b/graalvm/transactions/fork/narayana/blacktie/utils/cpp-plugin/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index b5f3cebc3..309b63720
--- a/graalvm/transactions/fork/narayana/blacktie/utils/cpp-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/graalvm/transactions/fork/narayana/blacktie/utils/cpp-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
             <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.1</version>
+            <version>1.9.15</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>