diff --git a/modules/jta/pom.xml b/modules/jta/pom.xml
index 5a031057f2aeb..16bc242882e3f 100644
--- a/modules/jta/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/jta/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
             <artifactId>catalina</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.43</version>
+            <version>6.0.53</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>