diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 72734a9..7bf9f70 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.6</version>
+            <version>1.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>