diff --git a/packaging/pom.xml b/packaging/pom.xml
index 64d1c112a..63bb3c3b2 100644
--- a/packaging/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/pom.xml
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
             <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.12-java7</version>
+          <version>1.4.9</version>
         </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <executions>