diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e51e950c..6bb6bd2a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
                 <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8.4</version>
+                <version>3.0.9</version>
               </dependency>
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven.runtime</groupId>