diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c22887d40d..b50149d4e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <version.commons-codec>1.12</version.commons-codec>
         <version.commons-collections>4.3</version.commons-collections>
         <version.commons-configuration>1.10</version.commons-configuration>
-        <version.commons-configuration2>2.7</version.commons-configuration2>
+        <version.commons-configuration2>2.8.0</version.commons-configuration2>
         <version.commons-io>2.6</version.commons-io>
         <version.commons-jexl>2.1.1</version.commons-jexl>
         <version.commons-lang>2.6</version.commons-lang>