diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e17998d2..058d19d0a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
 				<artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-				<version>1.8.3</version>
+				<version>1.8.9</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>