diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ed3af0..0ecb28d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.6</version>
+        <version>1.4.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>