diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d703a41fa..013f8dd7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <jms.api.version>1.0.2.Final</jms.api.version>
     <velocity.version>2.3</velocity.version>
     <xerces.version>2.12.0.SP03</xerces.version>
-    <xmlsec.version>2.2.3</xmlsec.version>
+    <xmlsec.version>4.0.0</xmlsec.version>
     <wss4j.version>2.3.3</wss4j.version>
     <wstx.version>6.0.3</wstx.version>
     <shrinkwrap.version>1.2.6</shrinkwrap.version>