diff --git a/dev/pom.xml b/dev/pom.xml
index a871ce4a..7d1403ba 100644
--- a/dev/pom.xml
+++ b/dev/pom.xml
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
         <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.1</version>
+        <version>1.4.18</version>
       </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>