diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a991bcc590..2e113e4b99b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.neethi</groupId>
         <artifactId>neethi</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.1</version>
+        <version>3.2.2</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>