diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index 5111ae1fe5..c4e00fde26 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
     <commons.collections4.version>4.4</commons.collections4.version>
     <commons.compress.version>1.27.1</commons.compress.version>
     <commons.csv.version>1.14.0</commons.csv.version>
-    <commons.exec.version>1.4.0</commons.exec.version>
+    <commons.exec.version>1.6.0</commons.exec.version>
     <commons.fileupload.version>1.5</commons.fileupload.version>
     <commons.io.version>2.19.0</commons.io.version>
     <commons.lang3.version>3.17.0</commons.lang3.version>