diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1298edab9d..78a2ad06a2 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
         <caffeine.version>2.6.1</caffeine.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
-        <commons-validator.version>1.5.0</commons-validator.version>
+        <commons-validator.version>1.6</commons-validator.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
         <commons-csv.version>1.4</commons-csv.version>
         <jackson.version>2.9.8</jackson.version>