diff --git a/tnrs-services/pom.xml b/tnrs-services/pom.xml
index 8122832..32dfd08 100644
--- a/tnrs-services/pom.xml
+++ b/tnrs-services/pom.xml
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1</version>
+            <version>1.3.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- for testing -->
         <dependency>