diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 48b3b1de4b2..6f94a935c8a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <commons-logging-version>1.3.5</commons-logging-version>
     <commons-pool2-version>2.13.1</commons-pool2-version>
     <directory-version>2.0.0.AM25</directory-version>
-    <ecj.version>3.17.0</ecj.version>
+    <ecj.version>3.44.0</ecj.version>
     <ftpserver-version>1.1.1</ftpserver-version>
     <hadoop-version>1.2.1</hadoop-version>
     <hawtbuf-version>1.11</hawtbuf-version>