diff --git a/rules-java/api/pom.xml b/rules-java/api/pom.xml
index 6934b7ac3a..7bcf612fa7 100644
--- a/rules-java/api/pom.xml
+++ b/rules-java/api/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.bcel</groupId>
             <artifactId>bcel</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0</version>
+            <version>6.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>