diff --git a/graphviz-java/pom.xml b/graphviz-java/pom.xml
index b03d95c1..381014e0 100644
--- a/graphviz-java/pom.xml
+++ b/graphviz-java/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
             <artifactId>batik-rasterizer</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16</version>
+            <version>1.17</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>