diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3a9ac2a0bb..cfb46a73aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-net</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.1</version>
+                <version>3.12.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>