diff --git a/dspace-jspui/pom.xml b/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
index f4d12e02a..871f30d32 100644
--- a/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-jspui/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
         <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 6dd03ce03..aee2e9163 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@
          <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>