diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44e562cea89..710fa6fbb1f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         <jetty93.version>9.3.29.v20201019</jetty93.version>
         <jetty94.version>9.4.40.v20210413</jetty94.version>
         <woodstox.version>6.0.3</woodstox.version>
-        <xmlsec.version>2.1.6</xmlsec.version>
+        <xmlsec.version>2.2.3</xmlsec.version>
         <glassfish.json.version>1.1.6</glassfish.json.version>
         <wildfly.common.version>1.5.4.Final</wildfly.common.version>
         <ua-parser.version>1.4.3</ua-parser.version>