diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77750a667..d0617daae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 				<!-- used by dictgenerator package -->
 				<groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>
 				<artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
-				<version>2.1.4</version>
+				<version>2.2.0</version>
 				<optional>true</optional>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>