diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 79aa3ae7..97489d6d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
                 <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8.9</version>
+                <version>2.4.21</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>