diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6113a6605..38ac49002 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.bcel</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcel</artifactId>
-      <version>6.8.2</version>
+      <version>6.9.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>