diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b44524cb0e..49a83694bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-email</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1</version>
+			<version>1.5</version>
 		</dependency>
 
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