diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b188a103..90864f70 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
               <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
               <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
               <!-- any version of Groovy \>= 1.5.0 should work here -->
-              <version>3.0.17</version>
+              <version>3.0.18</version>
               <scope>runtime</scope>
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>