diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 371ec8df7c..b7b4ee3843 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
         <jasmine-maven-plugin.version>1.3.1.5</jasmine-maven-plugin.version>
         <requirejs-maven-plugin.version>2.0.0</requirejs-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-antrun-plugin.version>1.7</maven-antrun-plugin.version>
-        <ant.version>1.8.4</ant.version>
+        <ant.version>1.10.11</ant.version>
         <dockerfile-maven-plugin.version>1.4.3</dockerfile-maven-plugin.version>
 
         <geronimo-ws-metadata_2.0_spec.version>1.1.3</geronimo-ws-metadata_2.0_spec.version>