diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ed87f1e41..1ad1263ce3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
         <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3.1</version>
+        <version>2.6.0.0</version>
         <exclusions>
         	<exclusion>
         		<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>