diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 343c542..4523d45 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.0</version>
+                <version>1.8.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- examples -->
             <dependency>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 9025824..865fa9e 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         Bump org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all from 1 to 3.0.21 #17, #77, #98.
       </action>
       <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot, Gary Gregory">
-        Bump commons-cli from 1.2 to 1.7.0 #29.
+        Bump commons-cli from 1.2 to 1.8.0 #29.
       </action>
       <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">
         Bump taglist-maven-plugin from 2.2 to 3.0.0 #28.