diff --git a/root/projects/remote-api/pom.xml b/root/projects/remote-api/pom.xml
index 86ba30474c..60059efbe1 100644
--- a/root/projects/remote-api/pom.xml
+++ b/root/projects/remote-api/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ws.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>wss4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.5.12</version>
+            <version>1.6.17</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>