diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fd38d6ac3..ac356bb7b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ java {
 dependencies {
   implementation "org.htmlparser:htmlparser:2.1"
   implementation "org.htmlparser:htmllexer:2.1"
-  implementation ("org.apache.velocity:velocity-engine-core:2.3") {
+  implementation ("org.apache.velocity:velocity-engine-core:2.4.1") {
     exclude group:"org.apache.commons", module: "commons-lang3"
     exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-api'
   }