diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0670cdeb266..a63e020c9b7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ limitations under the License.
         <url>https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop</url>
     </scm>
     <properties>
-        <commons.configuration.version>2.6</commons.configuration.version>
+        <commons.configuration.version>2.13.0</commons.configuration.version>
         <commons.lang.version>2.6</commons.lang.version>
         <commons.lang3.version>3.8.1</commons.lang3.version>
         <groovy.version>2.5.11</groovy.version>