diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 48d72650e11..7a5ed06b88f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-csv', version: '1.11.0'
     implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.14.0'
     implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-text', version: '1.12.0'
-    implementation 'commons-logging:commons-logging:1.3.2'
+    implementation 'commons-logging:commons-logging:1.3.3'
     implementation 'com.h2database:h2-mvstore:2.2.224'
 
     // required for reading write-protected PDFs - see https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/942#issuecomment-209252635