diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d56f97fcb..55b62677d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@
         <!-- SAP adapter - sap transport feature version -->
         <sap-adapter.feature.version>4.7.36</sap-adapter.feature.version>
 
-        <cipher.tool.version>1.1.15</cipher.tool.version>
+        <cipher.tool.version>1.1.16</cipher.tool.version>
         <axis2.transport.version>2.0.0-wso2v67</axis2.transport.version>
         <transport.http.netty.version>6.3.42</transport.http.netty.version>