diff --git a/maven-examples/maven-example/multi1/pom.xml b/maven-examples/maven-example/multi1/pom.xml
index e64e9c224..452ff81fd 100644
--- a/maven-examples/maven-example/multi1/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-examples/maven-example/multi1/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-email</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1</version>
+            <version>1.5</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>