diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 59bfd204f2..b35035e0e5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.0</version>
+            <version>2.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>