diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05fd478f..9865a4e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.0</version>
+        <version>1.9.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.json</groupId>