diff --git a/libs.groovy/external/binaries-list b/libs.groovy/external/binaries-list
--- a/libs.groovy/external/binaries-list
+++ b/libs.groovy/external/binaries-list
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-C136AE67C3C40740AE986582BAF65BA5C5CE69A0 groovy-all-2.1.7.jar
+01730F61E9C9E59FD1B814371265334D7BE0B8D2 groovy-all-2.4.5.jar
diff --git a/libs.groovy/external/groovy-all-2.1.7-license.txt b/libs.groovy/external/groovy-all-2.4.5-license.txt
rename from libs.groovy/external/groovy-all-2.1.7-license.txt
rename to libs.groovy/external/groovy-all-2.4.5-license.txt
--- a/libs.groovy/external/groovy-all-2.1.7-license.txt
+++ b/libs.groovy/external/groovy-all-2.4.5-license.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: Groovy
-Version: 2.1.7
+Version: 2.4.5
 Description: Groovy Language distribution.
 License: Apache-2.0, incl. groovy-ASM, groovy-ANTLR and groovy-COMMONS-CLI
 Origin: http://dist.groovy.codehaus.org/distributions/groovy-binary-2.1.7.zip
diff --git a/libs.groovy/nbproject/project.properties b/libs.groovy/nbproject/project.properties
--- a/libs.groovy/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/libs.groovy/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 sigtest.gen.fail.on.error=false
 
 #cp.extra=external/groovy-all-2.1.7.jar
-release.external/groovy-all-2.1.7.jar=modules/ext/groovy-all.jar
+release.external/groovy-all-2.4.5.jar=modules/ext/groovy-all.jar
diff --git a/libs.groovy/nbproject/project.xml b/libs.groovy/nbproject/project.xml
--- a/libs.groovy/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/libs.groovy/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
             </friend-packages>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/groovy-all.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>external/groovy-all-2.1.7.jar</binary-origin>
+                <binary-origin>external/groovy-all-2.4.5.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
         </data>
     </configuration>
diff --git a/libs.groovy/src/org/netbeans/modules/libs/groovy/groovy-all.xml b/libs.groovy/src/org/netbeans/modules/libs/groovy/groovy-all.xml
--- a/libs.groovy/src/org/netbeans/modules/libs/groovy/groovy-all.xml
+++ b/libs.groovy/src/org/netbeans/modules/libs/groovy/groovy-all.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <properties>
         <property>
             <name>maven-dependencies</name>
-            <value>org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.1.7:jar</value>
+            <value>org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.5:jar</value>
         </property>
     </properties>
 </library>