diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a8a83c1..9d65f266 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
             <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.0</version>
+            <version>1.10.9</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>