diff --git a/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hdfs/pom.xml b/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hdfs/pom.xml
index 610aaa8baf..9226264258 100644
--- a/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/streams-contrib/streams-persist-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9.0</version>
+            <version>2.10.1</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>commons-text</groupId>