diff --git a/matching-eval-client/pom.xml b/matching-eval-client/pom.xml
index e221ed57ed..5d3403822e 100644
--- a/matching-eval-client/pom.xml
+++ b/matching-eval-client/pom.xml
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- yes, we add a log4j binding here b/c we only want to print errors when running the CLI -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.14.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/receiver-cli/pom.xml b/receiver-cli/pom.xml
index f614246d8d..9a9b9f5c38 100644
--- a/receiver-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/receiver-cli/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>