diff --git a/checkstyle/project.xml b/checkstyle/project.xml
index 2389e3cf..8e93dbc5 100644
--- a/checkstyle/project.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/project.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.6.1</version>
       <properties>
         <classloader>root</classloader>
       </properties>
diff --git a/hibernate/project.xml b/hibernate/project.xml
index 106edc8c..52082b8b 100644
--- a/hibernate/project.xml
+++ b/hibernate/project.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.6.1</version>
       <type>jar</type>
     </dependency>        
         
diff --git a/linkcheck/project.xml b/linkcheck/project.xml
index 856e36e2..806267d7 100644
--- a/linkcheck/project.xml
+++ b/linkcheck/project.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <id>commons-beanutils</id>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.6.1</version>
       <properties>
         <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
       </properties>