diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 62f47060e3..9e0d599054 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
         <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.0.0</version>
+        <version>2.5.2.0</version>
         <exclusions>
         	<exclusion>
         		<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>