diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 43ac2ace..ff20dcd2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                     <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
-                    <version>7.0.0</version>
+                    <version>6.5.3</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <cveUrlModified>https://nvd.nist.gov/feeds/json/cve/1.1/nvdcve-1.1-modified.json.gz</cveUrlModified>
                         <cveUrlBase>https://nvd.nist.gov/feeds/json/cve/1.1/nvdcve-1.1-%d.json.gz</cveUrlBase>