diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a0377c5842..05adc4806d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.0</version>
+        <version>3.9.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <!-- used in the unit tests and maven-shared-utils:3.3.4 -->