diff --git a/dbdeploy-ant/pom.xml b/dbdeploy-ant/pom.xml
index d170d0b..96e7719 100644
--- a/dbdeploy-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/dbdeploy-ant/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
             <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.0</version>
+            <version>1.9.16</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>