diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b82b7815b4..9ec0824447 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2392,7 +2392,7 @@
         <xml.apis.version>1.4.01</xml.apis.version>
         <emma.version>2.1.5320</emma.version>
         <apache.wink.version>1.1.3-incubating</apache.wink.version>
-        <apache.ws.security.version>1.6.9</apache.ws.security.version>
+        <apache.ws.security.version>1.6.17</apache.ws.security.version>
         <apache.openejb.version>4.5.2</apache.openejb.version>
         <nimbus.oidc.sdk.version>6.13</nimbus.oidc.sdk.version>
         <apacheds.core.version>2.0.0.AM26</apacheds.core.version>