diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8544b564b..545d8b0f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1</version>
+                <version>3.2.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-digester</groupId>