diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98aa413e..6f4e1579 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-net</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6</version>
+            <version>3.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>