diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index d13f913f..387d0a36 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         <groupId>com.bazaarvoice.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>bv-opensource-super-pom</artifactId>
         <version>1.4</version>
-        <relativePath />
+        <relativePath/>
         <!--an empty relativePath for the super-pom, makes maven happy -->
     </parent>
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <!-- module dependencies -->
         <jackson.version>2.13.2</jackson.version>
         <guice.version>4.1.0</guice.version>
-        <argparse4j.version>0.4.4</argparse4j.version>
+        <argparse4j.version>0.9.0</argparse4j.version>
 
         <!-- TEST -->
         <guava.version>29.0-jre</guava.version>