diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6af7ecd..fe8f162 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
             <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.1</version>
+            <version>2.3.0.0</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>