diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 717d89941..07b593707 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-email</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1</version>
+            <version>1.5</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>