diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11738830512e..da578fc60e5d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10.1</version>
+                <version>2.15.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>