diff --git a/util/pom.xml b/util/pom.xml
index 330503a804..7786bc2811 100644
--- a/util/pom.xml
+++ b/util/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-            <version>2.24</version>
+            <version>2.61.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>