diff --git a/licenses.yaml b/licenses.yaml
index 90fb0233216d..09ac4c3a99f4 100644
--- a/licenses.yaml
+++ b/licenses.yaml
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ name: Apache Commons Logging
 license_category: binary
 module: java-core
 license_name: Apache License version 2.0
-version: 1.3.6
+version: 1.4.0
 libraries:
   - commons-logging: commons-logging
 notices:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f70f0561e47..a1b7236c214d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                <version>1.3.6</version>
+                <version>1.4.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>