diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 0f45e3203bb2..15b3601cc4e3 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
             <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.0</version>
+            <version>1.10.11</version>
           </dependency>
           <!-- Usually a dependency of ant, but some people seem to have an incomplete ant POM. See JENKINS-11416 -->
           <dependency>