diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ce4c2e29c..7970616c38 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.5</version>
+        <version>2.2.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>