diff --git a/components/camel-script/pom.xml b/components/camel-script/pom.xml
index d45e567af9bea..8f2c8a42297a0 100644
--- a/components/camel-script/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-script/pom.xml
@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.sun.script</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jython-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${jython-engine-version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
             <artifactId>camel-test-spring</artifactId>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 4965a76186223..e67a8db3b30dd 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@
     <juel-version>2.1.3</juel-version>
     <junit-bundle-version>4.11_1</junit-bundle-version>
     <junit-version>4.11</junit-version>
-    <jython-engine-version>20080611</jython-engine-version>
-    <jython-version>2.2.1</jython-version>
+    <jython-version>2.5.3</jython-version>
     <karaf-version>2.3.0</karaf-version>
     <krati-version>0.4.8</krati-version>
     <kxml2-bundle-version>2.3.0_2</kxml2-bundle-version>