diff --git a/serializer/pom.xml b/serializer/pom.xml
index 3713f2edf..d9de9c86a 100644
--- a/serializer/pom.xml
+++ b/serializer/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.bcel</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcel</artifactId>
-      <version>6.7.0</version>
+      <version>6.10.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-logging/commons-logging -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/xalan/pom.xml b/xalan/pom.xml
index 280f2a9bb..09f9780a4 100644
--- a/xalan/pom.xml
+++ b/xalan/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.bcel</groupId>
       <artifactId>bcel</artifactId>
-      <version>6.7.0</version>
+      <version>6.10.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-logging/commons-logging -->
     <dependency>