diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6dc7d323..1bab1bb4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
          <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-         <version>2.3.6</version>
+         <version>2.4.21</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>