diff --git a/extscript-core-root/extscript-core/pom.xml b/extscript-core-root/extscript-core/pom.xml
index 21285e08..35d09870 100644
--- a/extscript-core-root/extscript-core/pom.xml
+++ b/extscript-core-root/extscript-core/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.3</version>
+            <version>1.9.4</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- asm dependency readded for class scanning -->