diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0adcd8449..96a2a3f9d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
                 <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-                <version>1.9.15</version>
+                <version>1.10.9</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>