diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8dd4a90..0c68ff8b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.0</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- language detection -->
     <dependency>