diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 15b61d199ee..f3b3e5932f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <version>2.7</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <!-- replaced by org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j -->
                     <exclusion>