diff --git a/exist-parent/pom.xml b/exist-parent/pom.xml
index 1006ceeebc2..4397aa13db3 100644
--- a/exist-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/exist-parent/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         <ant.version>1.10.15</ant.version>
         <apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.14</apache.httpcomponents.version>
         <apache.httpcomponents.core.version>4.4.16</apache.httpcomponents.core.version>
-        <apache.xmlrpc.version>5.0.0</apache.xmlrpc.version>
+        <apache.xmlrpc.version>6.1.0</apache.xmlrpc.version>
         <appassembler.version>2.1.0</appassembler.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.24</aspectj.version>
         <exquery.distribution.version>0.2.1</exquery.distribution.version>