diff --git a/itest/serialization-ws/pom.xml b/itest/serialization-ws/pom.xml
index b41e314..28f6bdd 100644
--- a/itest/serialization-ws/pom.xml
+++ b/itest/serialization-ws/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ws.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>wss4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.4</version>
+            <version>1.6.17</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.apache.santuario</groupId>