diff --git a/event-coref/pom.xml b/event-coref/pom.xml
index 4a33d65a..2aec22a4 100644
--- a/event-coref/pom.xml
+++ b/event-coref/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.2</version>
+            <version>1.9.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d1553bb..b097acf5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-                <version>1.9.2</version>
+                <version>1.9.4</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>edu.cmu.cs.lti</groupId>