diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ef6aa0e..0e2889d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-                <version>1.3.1</version>
+                <version>1.8.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>