diff --git a/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml b/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml
index c62e8f19..9fe08546 100644
--- a/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml
+++ b/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
 			<artifactId>batik-util</artifactId>
-			<version>1.11</version>
+			<version>1.14</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>