diff --git a/snappyclient/pom.xml b/snappyclient/pom.xml
index 8d5683e..ba0e863 100644
--- a/snappyclient/pom.xml
+++ b/snappyclient/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
+            <version>2.1.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>