diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c908f3cc..9f082aa9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-net</groupId> <!-- satisfy upper bounds dependency error -->
             <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.0</version>
+            <version>3.9.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>