diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index e3fe9aca82887b..f79af174a74cb2 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.10.1</version>
+        <version>2.15.0</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>