diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d6ad3a7f..5c81e83ac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.ws.security</groupId>
 				<artifactId>wss4j</artifactId>
-				<version>1.5.6</version>
+				<version>1.6.17</version>
 				<exclusions>
 					<exclusion>
 						<artifactId>bcprov-jdk14</artifactId>