diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 138494eea085c1f71378678ea37df414d27b83d9..a6b67cfead393a9ffb62cb7be9824685354d747e 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8.3</version>
+      <version>1.8.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency><!-- groovy shell uses this but it doesn't declare this dependency -->
       <groupId>jline</groupId>