diff --git a/stox/StoX/StoX-main/pom.xml b/stox/StoX/StoX-main/pom.xml
index 874068c..3d5018e 100644
--- a/stox/StoX/StoX-main/pom.xml
+++ b/stox/StoX/StoX-main/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-net</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5</version>
+            <version>3.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>