diff --git a/bboxdb-server/pom.xml b/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
index c590c02b1..89e52b2d5 100644
--- a/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>jetty-security</artifactId>
-		    <version>12.0.2</version>
+		    <version>12.0.5</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>