diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bbe4d6da8ed..ed09cd41c343 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 			    <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
 			    <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-			    <version>1.7</version>
+			    <version>1.9.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>