diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e922e1ad80b9aac20f0b4b1b9bc760c767ecff1b..365e03f08ff6560d2bc90a8022df9b87004d55e8 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7</version>
+            <version>1.8.0</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>