diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 25d9bbf..829f452 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>