diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d1e7dfd87..b353af2ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>