diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index ac447141c7078..2f14dd29f81ef 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ dependencies {
     runtimeOnly("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${props.getProperty('log4j')}") {
       because 'log4j CVE'
     }
+    runtimeOnly("org.jdom:jdom2:${props.getProperty('jdom2')}") {
+      because 'CVE-2021-33813 violation'
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 4ef46ac94a110..fab29f1edc88e 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ icu4j             = 62.1
 supercsv          = 2.4.0
 log4j             = 2.17.1
 slf4j             = 1.6.2
+jdom2             = 2.0.6.1
 
 # when updating the JNA version, also update the version in buildSrc/build.gradle
 jna               = 5.5.0