diff --git a/ejb/openejb-extender-itest/pom.xml b/ejb/openejb-extender-itest/pom.xml
index 3f59755817..eb475b548e 100644
--- a/ejb/openejb-extender-itest/pom.xml
+++ b/ejb/openejb-extender-itest/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <asm.version>9.7.1</asm.version>
-        <commons-beanutils.version>1.8.3</commons-beanutils.version>
+        <commons-beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils.version>
         <commons-cli.version>1.2</commons-cli.version>
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.2</commons-collections.version>
         <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>