diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c40228df6..fd64f140ad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <!-- Set versions for depending jars -->
     <ant.version>1.10.14</ant.version>
     <bcprov.version>1.78.1</bcprov.version>
-    <commons.cli.version>1.6.0</commons.cli.version>
+    <commons.cli.version>1.8.0</commons.cli.version>
     <commons.codec.version>1.16.1</commons.codec.version>
     <commons.collections.version>4.4</commons.collections.version>
     <commons.daemon.version>1.3.4</commons.daemon.version>