diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3c7e0dda36..cf1e725b98 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <!-- Set versions for depending jars -->
     <ant.version>1.10.15</ant.version>
     <bcprov.version>1.80</bcprov.version>
-    <commons.cli.version>1.9.0</commons.cli.version>
+    <commons.cli.version>1.11.0</commons.cli.version>
     <commons.codec.version>1.20.0</commons.codec.version>
     <commons.collections.version>4.5.0-M3</commons.collections.version>
     <commons.daemon.version>1.5.1</commons.daemon.version>