diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
index e891f704d..7c6f16051 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/rest-showcase/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-            <version>2.39.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/apps/showcase/pom.xml b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
index 87b524ac1..263c029f8 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@
        <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-            <version>2.61.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7865fb7af..e006c2365 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -968,6 +968,13 @@
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
 
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
+                <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
+                <version>2.70.0</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>jmock</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jmock</artifactId>