diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cfb9063815..49cee44f25 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
     <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
     <guice.version>2.0</guice.version>
     <jersey.version>1.5</jersey.version>
-    <ehcache.version>2.3.1</ehcache.version>
+    <ehcache.version>2.4.0</ehcache.version>
     <project.build.javaLevel>1.6</project.build.javaLevel>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <netbeans.hint.license>SCM-BSD</netbeans.hint.license>