diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d31e85b3..a2580066 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.6</version>
+            <version>2.4.4</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>