diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 3ae86d71a31..92ac2d68418 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
         <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.1</version>
+        <version>1.9.15</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.re2j</groupId>