diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 43f5aa5a..01ccca27 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.9.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- XML escaping, String utils -->
     <dependency>