diff --git a/xap-extensions/xap-rest/pom.xml b/xap-extensions/xap-rest/pom.xml
index d5662347575..2b5401cb603 100644
--- a/xap-extensions/xap-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/xap-extensions/xap-rest/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.3</version>
+            <version>2.4.8</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>