diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 15e6c2cca88..0e555a57e26 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     <commons.collections.version>3.2.2</commons.collections.version>
     <commons.logging.version>1.1.1</commons.logging.version>
     <commons.cli.version>1.3.1</commons.cli.version>
-    <shiro.version>1.4.0</shiro.version>
+    <shiro.version>1.10.0</shiro.version>
     <joda.version>2.9.9</joda.version>
 
     <!-- test library versions -->