diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a095875c1..4cdd17075 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
                 <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8.3</version>
+                <version>2.4.21</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>