diff --git a/its/plugin/projects/servlet-jsp/pom.xml b/its/plugin/projects/servlet-jsp/pom.xml
index 4634684c1c..853b21871f 100644
--- a/its/plugin/projects/servlet-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/its/plugin/projects/servlet-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
       <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.0.0</version>
+      <version>2.6.0.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>