diff --git a/apps/api/pom.xml b/apps/api/pom.xml
index ace9eb58f..2e0e452f5 100644
--- a/apps/api/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/api/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Swagger UI documentation for the API -->
     <dependency>