diff --git a/jext.configuration/pom.xml b/jext.configuration/pom.xml
index 06f96b2a4..c70de4852 100644
--- a/jext.configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/jext.configuration/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-beanutils/commons-beanutils -->
         <dependency>