diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c0e6a898..4f7fd770f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
         <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-        <version>5.2.0</version>
+        <version>5.5.0</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>