diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a0e3e1d0e..2a969c2625 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
             <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.ws.security</groupId>
-            <artifactId>wss4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.19</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-csv</artifactId>