diff --git a/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml b/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml
index 1d01080..c2a5878 100644
--- a/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-			<version>2.7</version>
+			<version>2.8.0</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>*</groupId>