diff --git a/openejb/pom.xml b/openejb/pom.xml
index 8363942802..5aad204107 100644
--- a/openejb/pom.xml
+++ b/openejb/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     <commons-pool.version>1.5.7</commons-pool.version>
     <commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.4</commons-codec.version>
-    <commons-fileupload.version>1.2.2</commons-fileupload.version>
+    <commons-fileupload.version>1.5</commons-fileupload.version>
     <commons-discovery.version>0.5</commons-discovery.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.1</commons-lang3.version>
     <commons-lang.version>2.6</commons-lang.version>