diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f36545fc50..5d6b294339 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     </pluginRepositories>
 
     <properties>
-        <version.ant>1.9.14</version.ant>
+        <version.ant>1.9.16</version.ant>
         <version.aws-java-sdk>2.17.53</version.aws-java-sdk>
         <version.aws-secretsmanager>1.0.6</version.aws-secretsmanager>
         <version.commonslogging>1.2</version.commonslogging>