diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ffc45221d..e6730a84a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Authors of this POM file: iirekm, jheaton
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
-			<version>3.0</version>
+			<version>3.6.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>