diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20e58a24d..1f7468e61 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-jxpath</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-jxpath</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3</version>
+        <version>1.4.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>