diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 961e816e72..b0991ba146 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
         <commons.lang.version>3.3.2</commons.lang.version>
         <commons.logging.version>1.2</commons.logging.version>
         <commons.validator.version>1.10.0</commons.validator.version>
-        <esapi.version>2.0.1</esapi.version>
+        <esapi.version>2.5.2.0</esapi.version>
         <hibernate.version>3.6.10.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>5.1.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <itext.version>5.5.8</itext.version>