diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac48dd88..0b6aa40b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.0</version>
+                <version>1.8.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>