diff --git a/surefire-its/src/test/resources/classpath-filtering/pom.xml b/surefire-its/src/test/resources/classpath-filtering/pom.xml
index 49c4e34a4b..a92e75750d 100644
--- a/surefire-its/src/test/resources/classpath-filtering/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-its/src/test/resources/classpath-filtering/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-email</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2</version>
+      <version>1.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>