diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d468b6ca8..22fc9eb61 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-net</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1</version>
+            <version>3.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>