diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb2cb5649..66dc9c065 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.0</version>
+                <version>1.9.4</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-digester</groupId>