diff --git a/seqreader-app/pom.xml b/seqreader-app/pom.xml
index fbf4e69..2a4a500 100644
--- a/seqreader-app/pom.xml
+++ b/seqreader-app/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-jexl3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2.1</version>
+      <version>3.6.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.nutch</groupId>