diff --git a/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml b/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml
index c85e9a2fb..7696a692c 100644
--- a/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-			<version>1.5.0</version>
+			<version>1.6.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<dependency>