diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e2ace7649..ca59acf0a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.1.2</checkstyle.plugin.version>
         <checksyle.version>9.2.1</checksyle.version>
         <japicmp.skip>false</japicmp.skip>
-        <commons.japicmp.version>0.15.4</commons.japicmp.version>
+        <commons.japicmp.version>0.15.6</commons.japicmp.version>
         <commons.pmd.version>3.15.0</commons.pmd.version>
         <commons.spotbugs.version>4.5.3.0</commons.spotbugs.version>