diff --git a/lang/java/pom.xml b/lang/java/pom.xml
index b60e6fa6601..5ea640a547f 100644
--- a/lang/java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <thrift.version>0.12.0</thrift.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
     <snappy.version>1.1.7.3</snappy.version>
-    <velocity.version>2.1</velocity.version>
+    <velocity.version>2.2</velocity.version>
     <maven.version>2.0.11</maven.version>
     <ant.version>1.10.5</ant.version>
     <commons-cli.version>1.4</commons-cli.version>