diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80143c33d..554957aa8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.bcel</groupId>
                 <artifactId>bcel</artifactId>
-                <version>6.3.1</version>
+                <version>6.6.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- own artifacts -->