diff --git a/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml b/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
index b7b7bf846..82d9bbdd2 100644
--- a/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
+++ b/adapter-cqld4/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.15</version>
+            <version>3.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>