diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 18de993b0..0bb4735b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
+      <version>2.14.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/ValidateLauncher.java b/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/ValidateLauncher.java
index 00b802f72..b0eaa0822 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/ValidateLauncher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/ValidateLauncher.java
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@
 import org.apache.commons.cli.Option;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.UnrecognizedOptionException;
-import org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractConfiguration;
-import org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration;
-import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException;
-import org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.Configuration;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.PropertiesConfiguration;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.builder.FileBasedConfigurationBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.builder.fluent.Parameters;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.convert.DefaultListDelimiterHandler;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration2.ex.ConfigurationException;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -706,8 +708,13 @@ private void copyFile(File source, File dest) throws IOException {
    */
   public void query(File configuration) throws ConfigurationException {
     try {
-      AbstractConfiguration.setDefaultListDelimiter(',');
-      Configuration config = new PropertiesConfiguration(configuration);
+      Parameters params = new Parameters();
+      FileBasedConfigurationBuilder<PropertiesConfiguration> builder =
+          new FileBasedConfigurationBuilder<>(PropertiesConfiguration.class)
+              .configure(params.properties()
+                  .setFile(configuration)
+                  .setListDelimiterHandler(new DefaultListDelimiterHandler(',')));
+      Configuration config = builder.getConfiguration();
       Iterator<String> keys = config.getKeys();
       String unknowns = "";