diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 658d3d8a2..dc356c9f3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0</version>
+            <version>4.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>