diff --git a/quickfixj-dictgenerator/pom.xml b/quickfixj-dictgenerator/pom.xml
index 13bca2e14a..c9a1ddfdca 100644
--- a/quickfixj-dictgenerator/pom.xml
+++ b/quickfixj-dictgenerator/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 			<!-- required by dom4j at runtime -->
 			<groupId>jaxen</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.0</version>
+			<version>2.0.0</version>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 			<!-- we don't need any of the transient dependencies -->
 			<exclusions>