diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d2a376fdeec8..27ae1e986177 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
     <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
     <commons-logging-api.version>1.1</commons-logging-api.version>
     <commons-math3.version>3.1.1</commons-math3.version>
-    <commons-net.version>3.6</commons-net.version>
+    <commons-net.version>3.9.0</commons-net.version>
     <commons-pool2.version>2.6.0</commons-pool2.version>
     <commons-text.version>1.4</commons-text.version>
     <commons-validator.version>1.6</commons-validator.version>