diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 50458ee286..c5ba398ed9 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dependencies {
     // testCompile "org.antlr:antlr4-runtime:4.7.2"
 
     compile group: 'org.roaringbitmap', name: 'RoaringBitmap', version: '0.7.17'
-    compile(group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-configuration2', version: '2.7') {
+    compile(group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-configuration2', version: '2.8.0') {
         exclude group: "org.yaml"
         exclude module: "snakeyaml"
     }
diff --git a/full/build.gradle b/full/build.gradle
index 20995ff3e1..cf34293047 100644
--- a/full/build.gradle
+++ b/full/build.gradle
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'io.github.bonigarcia', name: 'webdrivermanager', version: '5.1.0'
 
     compile group: 'org.roaringbitmap', name: 'RoaringBitmap', version: '0.7.17'
-    compile(group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-configuration2', version: '2.7') {
+    compile(group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-configuration2', version: '2.8.0') {
         exclude group: "org.yaml"
         exclude module: "snakeyaml"
     }