diff --git a/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml b/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
index a02ac67..c9eaec5 100644
--- a/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2</version>
+            <version>1.3.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ecaa457..9dec493 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@
          <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>