diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 200d1a3..760bf16 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <version>2.15.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- commons-beanutils is required for commons-configuration2 -->