diff --git a/dspace-jspui/pom.xml b/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
index 6bf42fd1..3856da6d 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1</version>
+            <version>1.3.3</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a8a83c1..6fd3c5bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1</version>
+            <version>1.3.3</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>