diff --git a/testfoundation/pom.xml b/testfoundation/pom.xml
index 64fd551d44..8a3763d5fd 100644
--- a/testfoundation/pom.xml
+++ b/testfoundation/pom.xml
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
       <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.0</version>
+      <version>4.9.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>