diff --git a/appsv/model/build.sbt b/appsv/model/build.sbt
index 4ac9a986c..904e4b3e1 100644
--- a/appsv/model/build.sbt
+++ b/appsv/model/build.sbt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   Dependencies.Libs.scalactic,
   Dependencies.Libs.guava,
   "commons-codec" % "commons-codec" % "1.16.0",
-  "commons-validator" % "commons-validator" % "1.7",
+  "commons-validator" % "commons-validator" % "1.8.0",
   Dependencies.Libs.apacheCommonsEmail,  // needed here for email address validation only
   Dependencies.Libs.apacheTika,
   "nu.validator.htmlparser" % "htmlparser" % "1.4",
diff --git a/appsv/model/lock.sbt b/appsv/model/lock.sbt
index e2752bd14..2c9a466c0 100644
--- a/appsv/model/lock.sbt
+++ b/appsv/model/lock.sbt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Compile / dependencyOverrides ++= {
       "commons-digester" % "commons-digester" % "2.1",
       "commons-io" % "commons-io" % "2.13.0",
       "commons-logging" % "commons-logging" % "1.2",
-      "commons-validator" % "commons-validator" % "1.7",
+      "commons-validator" % "commons-validator" % "1.8.0",
       "javax.activation" % "activation" % "1.1",
       "nu.validator.htmlparser" % "htmlparser" % "1.4",
       "org.apache.commons" % "commons-email" % "1.5",
diff --git a/appsv/rdb/lock.sbt b/appsv/rdb/lock.sbt
index 3b3cb5283..2cfc6f073 100644
--- a/appsv/rdb/lock.sbt
+++ b/appsv/rdb/lock.sbt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Compile / dependencyOverrides ++= {
       "commons-digester" % "commons-digester" % "2.1",
       "commons-io" % "commons-io" % "2.13.0",
       "commons-logging" % "commons-logging" % "1.2",
-      "commons-validator" % "commons-validator" % "1.7",
+      "commons-validator" % "commons-validator" % "1.8.0",
       "javax.activation" % "activation" % "1.1",
       "nu.validator.htmlparser" % "htmlparser" % "1.4",
       "org.apache.commons" % "commons-email" % "1.5",
diff --git a/lock.sbt b/lock.sbt
index 1f9d87ae1..b4b5d5a0a 100644
--- a/lock.sbt
+++ b/lock.sbt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Compile / dependencyOverrides ++= {
       "commons-digester" % "commons-digester" % "2.1",
       "commons-io" % "commons-io" % "2.13.0",
       "commons-logging" % "commons-logging" % "1.2",
-      "commons-validator" % "commons-validator" % "1.7",
+      "commons-validator" % "commons-validator" % "1.8.0",
       "dev.paseto" % "jpaseto-api" % "0.7.0",
       "dev.paseto" % "jpaseto-gson" % "0.7.0",
       "dev.paseto" % "jpaseto-impl" % "0.7.0",