diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2102bd1190..63645ddef1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
                 <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-                <version>5.4.0</version>
+                <version>5.6.0</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>