diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9ec00b9aa..7d25bc5c1f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@
 		<!-- see in http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-net/index.html -->
 		<version.commons-net>3.6</version.commons-net>
 
+		<version.commons-validator>1.6</version.commons-validator>
+
 		<!-- net.sf.json-lib -->
 		<version.json-lib>2.4</version.json-lib>
 
@@ -433,6 +435,13 @@
 				<version>${version.commons-compress}</version>
 			</dependency>
 
+			<!-- commons-validator -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
+				<artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
+				<version>${version.commons-validator}</version>
+			</dependency>
+
 			<!-- net.sf.json-lib -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>net.sf.json-lib</groupId>