diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f28653c6ee1..c68b1ad318b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
     <wadl-resourcedoc-doclet.version>1.4</wadl-resourcedoc-doclet.version>
     <velocity.version>1.5</velocity.version>
     <xerces.version>2.12.1</xerces.version>
-    <xmlsec.version>2.2.1</xmlsec.version>
+    <xmlsec.version>2.3.0</xmlsec.version>
     <zookeeper.version>3.5.5</zookeeper.version>
     <jpam.version>1.1</jpam.version>
     <felix.version>2.4.0</felix.version>