diff --git a/modules/binding-ws-runtime-axis2/pom.xml b/modules/binding-ws-runtime-axis2/pom.xml
index e461d1b..ece25f8 100644
--- a/modules/binding-ws-runtime-axis2/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/binding-ws-runtime-axis2/pom.xml
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.santuario</groupId>
             <artifactId>xmlsec</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.4</version>
+            <version>2.2.6</version>
             <exclusions>           
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>