diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eb5e629487..1e2ae85319 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
       <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.0</version>
+      <version>5.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>