diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8aab1b..ab4a85c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
           <artifactId>batik-transcoder</artifactId>
-          <version>1.13</version>
+          <version>1.17</version>
           <scope>runtime</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>