diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff9dd4218..db86c1db3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@
 				<version>${dhp.commons.lang.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
+				<artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
+				<version>1.7</version>
+			</dependency>
+
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.github.sisyphsu</groupId>
 				<artifactId>dateparser</artifactId>