diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 0591d7da9d9..b2a16e29a76 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
             <artifactId>xmlgraphics-commons</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.9</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>