diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index faec785f..bb1b493c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-exec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
+      <version>1.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>