diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0cfecb2d7..0909642ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
     <!-- Third party -->
     <commons-digester.version>3.2</commons-digester.version>
-    <commons-validator.version>1.5.1</commons-validator.version>
+    <commons-validator.version>1.7</commons-validator.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.11.0</commons-io.version>
     <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
     <cache2k.version>2.0.0.Final</cache2k.version>