diff --git a/maven-checkstyle-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-checkstyle-plugin/pom.xml
index e3597082d5..09db54f90e 100644
--- a/maven-checkstyle-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-checkstyle-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2.1</version>
+      <version>3.2.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- test -->