diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b1cdc35465..ec60c2da56 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
             <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <version>5.6.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>