diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f8656d9f50..90e44709ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@
 
         <cipher.tool.version>1.1.20</cipher.tool.version>
 
-        <carbon.commons.version>4.9.7</carbon.commons.version>
+        <carbon.commons.version>4.9.8</carbon.commons.version>
         <carbon.kernel.imp.pkg.version>[4.5.0, 5.0.0)</carbon.kernel.imp.pkg.version>
 
         <!-- carbon mediation -->