diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f203e98d41df1a92b8c6b56a6159e69f3aa52ac..b33b120f59b43cbe1cae987892e9dbb14f1bd18e 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.0</version>
+            <version>1.9.0</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>