diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 510b6aa..4da42a7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.1</version>
+      <version>1.9.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>