diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af17d42fd..f36bbef5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
       <!--  to match upper bounds -->
-      <version>1.3.3</version>
+      <version>1.3.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-net</groupId>