diff --git a/itest/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/security.tld b/itest/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/security.tld
index 58bc7657d6..bd945bae1f 100644
--- a/itest/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/security.tld
+++ b/itest/web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/security.tld
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <attribute>
             <name>access</name>
             <required>false</required>
-            <rtexprvalue>false</rtexprvalue>
+            <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
             <description>
                 A Spring-EL expression which is supported by the WebSecurityExpressionHandler
                 in the application context. The latter will be used to evaluate the expression.
diff --git a/taglibs/src/main/resources/META-INF/security.tld b/taglibs/src/main/resources/META-INF/security.tld
index 87b0368cb7..5d8e4fc9b0 100644
--- a/taglibs/src/main/resources/META-INF/security.tld
+++ b/taglibs/src/main/resources/META-INF/security.tld
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <attribute>
             <name>access</name>
             <required>false</required>
-            <rtexprvalue>false</rtexprvalue>
+            <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
             <description>
                 A Spring-EL expression which is supported by the WebSecurityExpressionHandler
                 in the application context. The latter will be used to evaluate the expression.