diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb4aa9554..b13163243 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <apacheds.version>2.0.0.AM27</apacheds.version>
-        <bval.version>2.0.6</bval.version>
+        <bval.version>3.0.0</bval.version>
         <commons.dbcp2.version>2.14.0</commons.dbcp2.version>
         <commons.text.version>1.14.0</commons.text.version>
         <commons.validator.version>1.10.0</commons.validator.version>