diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec798ff..782695c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
 	<dependency>
 		<groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
 		<artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-		<version>2.1.0</version>
+		<version>2.3.0.0</version>
 		<type>jar</type>
 		<scope>compile</scope>
 	</dependency>