diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bebc32b638..1b4ac6d5d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xmlgraphics-commons</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3</version>
+                <version>2.6</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>