diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bfa5e22..db40c9d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
           <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-          <version>1.9.7</version>
+          <version>1.10.9</version>
       </dependency>
   </dependencies>
     <repositories>