diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0be588a72dd..8c043c60e69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -292,13 +292,13 @@ SOFTWARE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-      <version>5.0.0-alpha-11</version>
+      <version>5.0.0-alpha-12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>5.0.0-alpha-11</version>
+      <version>5.0.0-alpha-12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>