diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3a172e68..ca0869e6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.6</version>
+      <version>1.4.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>