diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 085f9af17a8cf955a8d799f4956b4e5d51fff0e1..05878e5c83cae7629f48dce665f4c57a2ffb054f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6</version>
+                <version>1.7</version>
             </dependency>