diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 940e2d8740bf16d9da6e153cbc74a64f4eb7e4d9..ad849112ce76c443ee3588dab3df50a904d8bd1f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@
     <!--  commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient-->
     <httpclient.classic.version>3.1</httpclient.classic.version>
     <commons.math3.version>3.4.1</commons.math3.version>
+    <!-- managed up from 3.2.1 for SPARK-11652 -->
+    <commons.collections.version>3.2.2</commons.collections.version>
     <scala.version>2.10.5</scala.version>
     <scala.binary.version>2.10</scala.binary.version>
     <jline.version>${scala.version}</jline.version>
@@ -475,6 +477,11 @@
         <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
         <version>${commons.math3.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+        <version>${commons.collections.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.ivy</groupId>
         <artifactId>ivy</artifactId>