diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 82cd16e18..f5eedb7f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
     <archaius-core.version>0.7.12</archaius-core.version>
     <auto-service-annotations.version>1.1.1</auto-service-annotations.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.20.0</commons-codec.version>
-    <commons-exec.version>1.5.0</commons-exec.version>
+    <commons-exec.version>1.6.0</commons-exec.version>
     <commons-fileupload.version>1.6.0</commons-fileupload.version>
     <commons-text.version>1.14.0</commons-text.version>
     <compile-testing.version>0.23.0</compile-testing.version>