diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44ae840588..35a9ecdc35 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 				<artifactId>commons-exec</artifactId>
-				<version>1.3</version>
+				<version>1.4.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.eclipse.platform</groupId>