diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 22bae88db..58ba699e0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
         <txw2.version>2.4.0-b180830.0438</txw2.version>
         <velocity.version>2.3</velocity.version>
         <woodstox-core.version>6.4.0</woodstox-core.version>
-        <xmlsec.version>2.1.8</xmlsec.version>
+        <xmlsec.version>2.2.6</xmlsec.version>
         <xmltool.version>3.3</xmltool.version>
         <xml-jaxb.version>2.3.0</xml-jaxb.version>
         <xml-matchers.version>0.10</xml-matchers.version>