diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed5b3697..7e5312e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ under the License.
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-net</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6</version>
+                <version>3.9.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>