diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ffda81dba4..50fedbf37a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <commons-io-version>2.6</commons-io-version>
     <commons-lang-version>2.6</commons-lang-version>
     <commons-logging-version>1.2</commons-logging-version>
-    <commons-pool2-version>2.7.0</commons-pool2-version>
+    <commons-pool2-version>2.8.0</commons-pool2-version>
     <commons-primitives-version>1.0</commons-primitives-version>
     <commons-net-version>3.6</commons-net-version>
     <directory-version>2.0.0.AM25</directory-version>