diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddc0c5a082bc32c481bd18c277808e0f256fbe75..53d153bdf96f7a4cd9945db13bafd392774bc6ae 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>