diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 6271835ead..1b2a5e8375 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 		<javax-transaction.version>1.3</javax-transaction.version>
 		<javax-validation.version>2.0.1.Final</javax-validation.version>
 		<javax-websocket.version>1.1</javax-websocket.version>
-		<jaxen.version>1.1.6</jaxen.version>
+		<jaxen.version>1.2.0</jaxen.version>
 		<jaybird.version>3.0.5</jaybird.version>
 		<jboss-logging.version>3.3.2.Final</jboss-logging.version>
 		<jboss-transaction-spi.version>7.6.0.Final</jboss-transaction-spi.version>