diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2f272461c..8f966212ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-exec</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.0</version>
+        <version>1.6.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-net</groupId>