diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42784b68..810c66bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.7.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.jena</groupId>