diff --git a/consensusj-jsonrpc-cli/build.gradle b/consensusj-jsonrpc-cli/build.gradle
index 2cc79148..368d2b1c 100644
--- a/consensusj-jsonrpc-cli/build.gradle
+++ b/consensusj-jsonrpc-cli/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     api project(':consensusj-jsonrpc')
 
-    api 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.5.0'
+    api 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.6.0'
 
     // Add SLF4J runtime adapter for JDK logging for GraalVM native-image build of jsonrpc tool
     nativeToolImplementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:${slf4jVersion}"