diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b47774524..85aaa33396 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@
             <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
             <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
             <!-- <version>2.4.0.0+</version> Is available, but requires Java 8. 2.3.0.0 is last version to support Java 7. -->
-            <version>2.3.0.0</version>
+            <version>2.7.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>