diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8ea860b96..e81d84a313 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-exec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
+      <version>1.4.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- START very old jars for Justice verifier -->