diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 185e49e4..6c267b76 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12.0</version>
+            <version>4.17.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- For unit testing -->