diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6091227..bd91bdb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   <properties>
     <parent.dir>${basedir}</parent.dir>
     <jetty.version>6.1.26</jetty.version>
-    <shiro.version>1.2.1</shiro.version>
+    <shiro.version>1.5.0</shiro.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.2</slf4j.version>
     <spring.version>3.1.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <util.version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</util.version>