diff --git a/eo-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/eo-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 616bf0b8e0..2491f3e1da 100644
--- a/eo-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/eo-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.20</version>
+            <version>3.0.21</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/eo-runtime/pom.xml b/eo-runtime/pom.xml
index 06f84f8406..3a0fdf34f0 100644
--- a/eo-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/eo-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.20</version>
+            <version>3.0.21</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dbaffe804e..53e1aa78d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.20</version>
+            <version>3.0.21</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>