diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f8303e99dc..fcbc2bc04c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
     <skip.dependency-check>false</skip.dependency-check>
     <jacoco.version>0.8.8</jacoco.version>
     <git-commit-id-plugin-version>4.9.10</git-commit-id-plugin-version>
-    <htmlunit-version>2.69.0</htmlunit-version>
+    <htmlunit-version>2.70.0</htmlunit-version>
     <checkstyle.config.location>${root.basedir}/build-tools/checkstyle/customized_google_checks.xml</checkstyle.config.location>
     <no-reports>false</no-reports>
   </properties>