diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 63bac1261..afeedd2c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
       <artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
-      <version>${commons.jdom.version}</version>
+      <version>2.0.2</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>