diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 300548f74..306680bfc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-                <version>1.4.20</version>
+                <version>1.4.21</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>io.github.x-stream</groupId>