diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85195749f..3e6563155 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <chaos.version>0.8.7</chaos.version>
     <commons-math3.version>3.2</commons-math3.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.10</commons-codec.version>
-    <commons-email.version>1.3.3</commons-email.version>
+    <commons-email.version>1.5</commons-email.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
     <curator-framework.version>2.11.0</curator-framework.version>
     <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>