diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9bf108b9..b700da8b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.0</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <type>jar</type>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>