diff --git a/dsl-backwards/pom.xml b/dsl-backwards/pom.xml
index 4041cd9792..128a428136 100644
--- a/dsl-backwards/pom.xml
+++ b/dsl-backwards/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.3</version>
+            <version>1.11.0</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <!-- Exclude commons logging - because the scope of beanutils is compile,
                     the assembly plugin adds commons logging to the dsl jar file -->