diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cc117a4..38ebf5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<subethasmtp.version>3.1.7</subethasmtp.version>
-		<commons-net.version>3.8.0</commons-net.version>
+		<commons-net.version>3.9.0</commons-net.version>
 	</properties>   
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>