diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f30e7a4..eb362e89 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4</version>
+            <version>1.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>