diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d91e564083758cbbf4b77d15fe3128aaf7c2bee9..07c6b67ee7e263d302b74a6fd63d809371c383a2 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.0</version>
+            <version>1.9.0</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>