diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 208973eccb5c..06ed4438a928 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
         <javax.el.version>3.0.1-b09</javax.el.version>
         <javax.version>4.0.1</javax.version>
         <javax-servlet-api.version>2.3.3</javax-servlet-api.version>
-        <htmlunit.version>2.32</htmlunit.version>
+        <htmlunit.version>2.68.0</htmlunit.version>
         <json-path.version>2.4.0</json-path.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.SpringMVCApplication</start-class>
     </properties>