diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index 087529c22..111e67ebd 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-email</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.3</version>
+        <version>1.5</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.javacsv</groupId>