diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fecc82b60..e321147e2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.owasp.encoder</groupId>
 			<artifactId>encoder</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.1</version>
+			<version>1.4.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-logging/commons-logging -->