diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 967416e87..3409b0bd4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-jexl3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.4</version>
+      <version>3.7.0</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/scxml2/env/jexl/JexlEvaluator.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/scxml2/env/jexl/JexlEvaluator.java
index e6024e344..c6ff1658e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/scxml2/env/jexl/JexlEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/scxml2/env/jexl/JexlEvaluator.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.jexl3.JexlBuilder;
 import org.apache.commons.jexl3.JexlEngine;
 import org.apache.commons.jexl3.JexlExpression;
+import org.apache.commons.jexl3.JexlFeatures;
 import org.apache.commons.jexl3.JexlScript;
 import org.apache.commons.jexl3.introspection.JexlPermissions;
 import org.apache.commons.scxml2.Context;
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@ protected JexlEngine createJexlEngine() {
         final Map<String, Object> funcs = new HashMap<>();
         funcs.put(null, JexlBuiltin.class);
         final JexlPermissions permissions = JexlPermissions.RESTRICTED.compose("org.apache.commons.scxml2.*");
-        return new JexlBuilder().permissions(permissions).namespaces(funcs).cache(256).create();
+        final JexlFeatures features = JexlFeatures.createDefault();
+        return new JexlBuilder().features(features).permissions(permissions).namespaces(funcs).cache(256).create();
     }
 
     /**