diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 97ff648..ef77075 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.santuario</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xmlsec</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0.8</version>
+                <version>2.1.7</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <!--  STAX comes with Java 1.6 -->
                     <exclusion>