diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13ffad58..4a1b65e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-digester</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-digester</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0</version>
+      <version>1.8</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>