diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 26eb335d8..d191f9fdb 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Changes from Ant 1.10.1 TO Ant 1.10.2
 Changes that could break older environments:
 -------------------------------------------
 
- * updated the dependency of BCEL to 6.0.
+ * updated the dependency of BCEL to 6.2.
    Bugzilla Report 61196
 
 Fixed bugs:
diff --git a/lib/libraries.properties b/lib/libraries.properties
index fa2344864..f947ce94a 100644
--- a/lib/libraries.properties
+++ b/lib/libraries.properties
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ m2.repo=http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/
 #when a specific dependency forces them to be out-of-order
 ivy.version=2.4.0
 antlr.version=2.7.7
-bcel.version=6.0
+bcel.version=6.2
 bsf.version=2.4.0
 bsh.version=2.0b4
 bsh-core.version=${bsh.version}