diff --git a/pmd-java/pom.xml b/pmd-java/pom.xml
index 2c0bc6864c..06731e76d4 100644
--- a/pmd-java/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/pom.xml
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
+            <version>1.3.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>