diff --git a/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple-client/pom.xml b/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple-client/pom.xml
index 9adbf5a..c0188eb 100644
--- a/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple-client/pom.xml
+++ b/cxf-spring-boot-starter-samples/cxf-boot-simple-client/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <rest-assured.version>5.3.0</rest-assured.version>
-        <groovy.version>3.0.13</groovy.version>
+        <groovy.version>3.0.23</groovy.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>