diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0c8fae3db..b7947d7466 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
         <commons.logging.version>1.4.0</commons.logging.version>
         <!-- fi.version removed: AXIS2-6105 -->
         <google.gson.version>2.14.0</google.gson.version>
-        <groovy.version>5.0.7</groovy.version>
+        <groovy.version>5.0.8</groovy.version>
         <httpcore.version>5.4.3</httpcore.version>
         <httpclient.version>5.6.3</httpclient.version>
         <jaxbri.version>4.0.3</jaxbri.version>