diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd5f8cfb78..4f68cdb949 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-secure-xml</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <version>1.1.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- testing -->
     <dependency>