diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 52d9e80..834bc71 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
         <maven-assembly-plugin.version>2.5.5</maven-assembly-plugin.version>
         <commons-net.version>3.6</commons-net.version>
-        <commons-validator.version>1.7</commons-validator.version>
+        <commons-validator.version>1.8.0</commons-validator.version>
         <publish-folder-path>graviteeio-apim/plugins/policies</publish-folder-path>
     </properties>