diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 4b7c2d6c4d7..6b2917e9af3 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-                <version>1.4.20</version>
+                <version>1.4.21</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>xpp3</groupId>