diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fa3713863f92..ef68bd0e3e0a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
         <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.1</version>
+        <version>2.3.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>