diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6109669a..421bb0af 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ dependencies {
     // compare json documents in tests
     implementation 'com.github.fslev:json-compare:8.1'
     // url validator
-    implementation group: 'commons-validator', name: 'commons-validator', version: '1.10.1'
+    implementation group: 'commons-validator', name: 'commons-validator', version: '1.11.0'
     // logging
     implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-jdk14', version: '2.0.18'
     // JSON-LD, Zenodo mapping