diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 423f3962fbb0..f51854562253 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
            <dependency>
                <groupId>commons-net</groupId>
                <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
-               <version>3.6</version>
+               <version>3.9.0</version>
            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>