diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 094a2241..a6001dea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.6</version>
+      <version>1.4.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>