diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3083e376d..9d0ba0441 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <commons.io.version>2.6</commons.io.version>
         <commons.codec.version>1.11</commons.codec.version>
         <commons.lang3.version>3.8.1</commons.lang3.version>
-        <commons.configuration2.version>2.4</commons.configuration2.version>
+        <commons.configuration2.version>2.7</commons.configuration2.version>
         <commons.collections.version>4.2</commons.collections.version>
 
         <fasterxml.json.version>2.9.8</fasterxml.json.version>