diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a5389b763..f6b8e91cf6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@
                 <!-- optional dep for the reflection builder -->
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1</version>
+                <version>2.13.0</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>