diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 677aa197fe5..95adffbd09b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ognl</groupId>
       <artifactId>ognl</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.16</version> <!-- Keep to use 3.1.x because 3.2.2+ occurred a RuntimeException on OgnlContext -->
+      <version>3.2.6</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/OgnlCache.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/OgnlCache.java
index 64c64b5c9cc..9c1ad89dffd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/OgnlCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/OgnlCache.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- *    Copyright 2009-2016 the original author or authors.
+ *    Copyright 2009-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
  */
 public final class OgnlCache {
 
+  private static final OgnlMemberAccess MEMBER_ACCESS = new OgnlMemberAccess();
   private static final Map<String, Object> expressionCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object>();
 
   private OgnlCache() {
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ private OgnlCache() {
 
   public static Object getValue(String expression, Object root) {
     try {
-      Map<Object, OgnlClassResolver> context = Ognl.createDefaultContext(root, new OgnlClassResolver());
+      Map context = Ognl.createDefaultContext(root, MEMBER_ACCESS, new OgnlClassResolver(), null);
       return Ognl.getValue(parseExpression(expression), context, root);
     } catch (OgnlException e) {
       throw new BuilderException("Error evaluating expression '" + expression + "'. Cause: " + e, e);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/OgnlMemberAccess.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/OgnlMemberAccess.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd3cb8cfd26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/OgnlMemberAccess.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+ *    Copyright 2009-2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *    limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.ibatis.scripting.xmltags;
+
+import ognl.MemberAccess;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
+import java.lang.reflect.Member;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * The {@link MemberAccess} class that based on <a href=
+ * 'https://github.com/jkuhnert/ognl/blob/OGNL_3_2_1/src/java/ognl/DefaultMemberAccess.java'>DefaultMemberAccess</a>.
+ *
+ * @author Kazuki Shimizu
+ * @since 3.5.0
+ *
+ * @see <a href=
+ *      'https://github.com/jkuhnert/ognl/blob/OGNL_3_2_1/src/java/ognl/DefaultMemberAccess.java'>DefaultMemberAccess</a>
+ * @see <a href='https://github.com/jkuhnert/ognl/issues/47'>#47 of ognl</a>
+ */
+class OgnlMemberAccess implements MemberAccess {
+
+  @Override
+  public Object setup(Map context, Object target, Member member, String propertyName) {
+    Object result = null;
+    if (isAccessible(context, target, member, propertyName)) {
+      AccessibleObject accessible = (AccessibleObject) member;
+      if (!accessible.isAccessible()) {
+        result = Boolean.FALSE;
+        accessible.setAccessible(true);
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void restore(Map context, Object target, Member member, String propertyName,
+      Object state) {
+    if (state != null) {
+      ((AccessibleObject) member).setAccessible(((Boolean) state));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isAccessible(Map context, Object target, Member member, String propertyName) {
+    return Modifier.isPublic(member.getModifiers());
+  }
+
+}