diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 79352de..ed91e05 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   <dependency>
 	<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 	<artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-	<version>2.7</version>
+	<version>2.8.0</version>
   </dependency>
   
   <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->