diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de3e2cef161..f4387f636d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
         <dependency> <!-- enables mocking of classes without default constructor (together with CGLIB) -->
             <groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>
             <artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1</version>
+            <version>2.6</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>