diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 1605e191b..85473bdf1 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Changes
 * Update Commons Lang
 * Update Commons Math
 * Update Commons Collections
+* Update Commons Logging
 
 * Update MPXJ
 * Update Bonecp
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f006e1f54..9ac5431ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
                 <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.4</version>
+                <version>1.8.9</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- Spring context support -->