diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 206c653..b6f2a94 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
             <artifactId>batik-css</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16</version>
+            <version>1.17</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <!-- exclude this old version of commons-io as newer can be used -->
                 <exclusion>