diff --git a/subprojects/performance/src/templates/project-with-source/pom.xml b/subprojects/performance/src/templates/project-with-source/pom.xml
index e0a9d54b7c138..236ae29d0ec4f 100644
--- a/subprojects/performance/src/templates/project-with-source/pom.xml
+++ b/subprojects/performance/src/templates/project-with-source/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.9</version>
+            <version>2.4.21</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.googlecode</groupId>