diff --git a/openam-authentication/openam-auth-oauth2/pom.xml b/openam-authentication/openam-auth-oauth2/pom.xml
index 44120ed253..9ad942e708 100755
--- a/openam-authentication/openam-auth-oauth2/pom.xml
+++ b/openam-authentication/openam-auth-oauth2/pom.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
         <dependency>
              <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
              <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
+             <classifier>jakarta</classifier>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openidentityplatform.openam</groupId>
diff --git a/openam-core/pom.xml b/openam-core/pom.xml
index 8cf05dc4f4..338677a789 100755
--- a/openam-core/pom.xml
+++ b/openam-core/pom.xml
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@
 		</dependency>
         <dependency>
              <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
-                <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
+             <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
+             <classifier>jakarta</classifier>
                 <exclusions>
                 	<exclusion>
                 		<groupId>log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/openam-examples/openam-example-clientsdk-war/pom.xml b/openam-examples/openam-example-clientsdk-war/pom.xml
index 7ad05e72dd..4e2b76d9bc 100644
--- a/openam-examples/openam-example-clientsdk-war/pom.xml
+++ b/openam-examples/openam-example-clientsdk-war/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
         <dependency>
              <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
              <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
+             <classifier>jakarta</classifier>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
diff --git a/openam-federation/openam-federation-library/pom.xml b/openam-federation/openam-federation-library/pom.xml
index 88ac46bc67..57dc83c4dd 100644
--- a/openam-federation/openam-federation-library/pom.xml
+++ b/openam-federation/openam-federation-library/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@
         
         <dependency>
              <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
-                <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
+             <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
+             <classifier>jakarta</classifier>
         </dependency>
 
 <!--        <dependency>-->
diff --git a/openam-oauth2/pom.xml b/openam-oauth2/pom.xml
index 9294cb1534..daddcf3573 100644
--- a/openam-oauth2/pom.xml
+++ b/openam-oauth2/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
              <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
-                <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
+             <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
+             <classifier>jakarta</classifier>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d778d57dc4..01b5963d2d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1083,7 +1083,8 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
         <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0.0</version>
+        <version>2.7.0.0</version>
+        <classifier>jakarta</classifier>
         <exclusions>
         	<exclusion>
         		<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>