diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8bdcb70..0959740 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7</version>
+      <version>2.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>