diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ec471b9c0..2f5777161d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
         <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.4</version>
+        <version>1.5.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>