diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0ed1dbc543..98e18bfd4b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <commons-io-version>2.8.0</commons-io-version>
     <commons-lang-version>2.6</commons-lang-version>
     <commons-logging-version>1.2</commons-logging-version>
-    <commons-pool2-version>2.8.0</commons-pool2-version>
+    <commons-pool2-version>2.9.0</commons-pool2-version>
     <commons-primitives-version>1.0</commons-primitives-version>
     <commons-net-version>3.7.2</commons-net-version>
     <directory-version>2.0.0.AM25</directory-version>