diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 764ccfc918a0257386b0d20464426aa19be3d5d2..0dd1f46601c09025bccbadf32e56c25be424379f 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>