diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d08df76..aa3ac69b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.wss4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>wss4j-ws-security-common</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.4</version>
+                <version>3.0.3</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.ws.commons.axiom</groupId>