diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13ebeff79..8858da972 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
                 <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.7</version>
+                <version>3.0.9</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>