diff --git a/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle b/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
index a7e3644617e..47f3bc68521 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
+++ b/spring-webmvc/spring-webmvc.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies {
 	optional("javax.el:javax.el-api:3.0.1-b04")
 	optional("javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.0")
 	optional("org.webjars:webjars-locator-core:0.35")
-	optional("com.rometools:rome:1.9.0")
+	optional("com.rometools:rome:1.12.0")
 	optional("com.github.librepdf:openpdf:1.0.5")
 	optional("org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:3.17")
 	optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:${freemarkerVersion}")