diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c5770fb..83997292 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
     <artifactId>batik-util</artifactId>
-    <version>1.7</version>
+    <version>1.14</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>