diff --git a/ondex-desktop/ovtk2/pom.xml b/ondex-desktop/ovtk2/pom.xml
index 01544e63..e0227fad 100644
--- a/ondex-desktop/ovtk2/pom.xml
+++ b/ondex-desktop/ovtk2/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
          <artifactId>batik-bridge</artifactId>
-         <version>1.7</version>
+         <version>1.17</version>
          <exclusions>
             <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>