diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2efa036a0..b927fb7ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 <dependency>
 	<groupId>org.owasp.encoder</groupId>
 	<artifactId>encoder</artifactId>
-	<version>1.3.1</version>
+	<version>1.4.0</version>
 </dependency>
 
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