diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8190b88b..464544f73 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
                 <artifactId>velocity-engine-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3</version>
+                <version>2.4.1</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>