diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 555f28a653..ca94e13045 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-                <version>4.2.0</version>
+                <version>4.9.0</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>