diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
index a72113ef43ca8..e1b2220a84245 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dependencies {
   api 'org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2:2.7'
   api 'commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0'
   api 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0'
-  implementation 'com.google.re2j:re2j:1.1'
+  implementation 'com.google.re2j:re2j:1.6'
   api 'javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5'
   api "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${versions.slf4j}"
   api "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:${versions.log4j}"
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/re2j-1.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/re2j-1.1.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index d8a100dafd8c4..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/re2j-1.1.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-d716952ab58aa4369ea15126505a36544d50a333
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/re2j-1.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/re2j-1.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..854bd3a225b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/re2j-1.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a13e879fd7971738d06020fefeb108cc14e14169
\ No newline at end of file