diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9388ef7e..0267b65e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-exec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3</version>
+      <version>1.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>