diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 17c6dbbaecb..bdbd416659a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     <commons.compress.version>1.21</commons.compress.version>
     <commons.lang3.version>3.12.0</commons.lang3.version>
     <commons.text.version>1.8</commons.text.version>
-    <commons.configuration2.version>2.7</commons.configuration2.version>
+    <commons.configuration2.version>2.8.0</commons.configuration2.version>
     <commons.exec.version>1.3</commons.exec.version>
     <commons.codec.version>1.14</commons.codec.version>
     <commons.io.version>2.7</commons.io.version>