diff --git a/portal-ui/pom.xml b/portal-ui/pom.xml
index b6d1385eb..9436c8093 100644
--- a/portal-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/portal-ui/pom.xml
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
             <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.0.1</version>
+            <version>2.3.0.0</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.beanshell</groupId>