diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70dd14af2..b652b4ae5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2</version>
+      <version>1.3.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test Dependencies -->