diff --git a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
index dc3de3165..186ecbd73 100644
--- a/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/modello-plugins/modello-plugin-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
       <artifactId>velocity-engine-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3</version>
+      <version>2.4</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>