diff --git a/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml b/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml
index 9cdc61050b7..dfa8f65b4f1 100644
--- a/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-unit-tests/pom.xml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
       <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6</version>
+      <version>5.6.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>