diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60a65c61a..9748ba421 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         <commons.configuration.version>2.10.1</commons.configuration.version>
         <commons.dbutils.version>1.7</commons.dbutils.version>
         <commons.email.version>1.5</commons.email.version>
-        <commons.fileupload.version>1.5</commons.fileupload.version>
+        <commons.fileupload.version>1.6.0</commons.fileupload.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.7</commons.io.version>
         <commons.lang.version>2.5</commons.lang.version>
         <fop.version>2.9</fop.version>