diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9d53a75d3..8e05caeaf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-                <version>1.3</version>
+                <version>1.4.13-java7</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.testng</groupId>