diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e29cc09b9..9251571ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-csv</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7</version>
+            <version>1.8</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>