diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dae5eb00701..315c4b4ce64 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
     <antlr4.version>4.7.1</antlr4.version>
     <jpam.version>1.1</jpam.version>
     <selenium.version>2.52.0</selenium.version>
-    <htmlunit.version>2.22</htmlunit.version>
+    <htmlunit.version>2.40.0</htmlunit.version>
     <!--
     Managed up from older version from Avro; sync with jackson-module-paranamer dependency version
     -->