diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c367fc572e..0d76a3f6b72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
       <artifactId>velocity-engine-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3</version>
+      <version>2.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- postgresql driver is required to run the refcursor tests -->