diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 168d4bc..ff0447e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     <dependency> <!-- for org.apache.tools.bzip2.CBZip2InputStream -->
       <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
       <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.1</version>
+      <version>1.10.9</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>