diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c4f5e136..2ec34b8c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         <apache.commons.math3.version>3.6.1</apache.commons.math3.version>
         <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
         <hibernate.version>6.0.10.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <apache.commons.configuration2.version>2.2</apache.commons.configuration2.version>
+        <apache.commons.configuration2.version>2.7</apache.commons.configuration2.version>
 
         <cglib.version>3.2.7</cglib.version>
         <apache.fluent.hc.version>4.5.2</apache.fluent.hc.version>