diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index a7d49f10b16..712d671a895 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ image::https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/tinkerpop/master/docs/static/ima
 This release also includes changes from prior 3.7.x releases.
 
 * Add missing `Configuring` interface to `GraphStepPlaceholder` and `VertexStepPlaceholder`
+* Bumped `commons-configuration2` to 2.15.0.
 
 [[release-3-8-1]]
 === TinkerPop 3.8.1 (Release Date: April 1, 2026)
diff --git a/gremlin-core/pom.xml b/gremlin-core/pom.xml
index 6bdca4a6dc6..a853a95e892 100644
--- a/gremlin-core/pom.xml
+++ b/gremlin-core/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ limitations under the License.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-gremlin/pom.xml b/hadoop-gremlin/pom.xml
index 1e4c251e4c9..f4f236681b5 100644
--- a/hadoop-gremlin/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-gremlin/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ limitations under the License.
                 <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
                 <version>3.10.6.Final</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <!-- Override Hadoop 3.3.3's commons-configuration2 2.1.1 to align with TinkerPop BOM -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
+                <version>${commons.configuration.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-gremlin/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/hadoop/structure/HadoopConfiguration.java b/hadoop-gremlin/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/hadoop/structure/HadoopConfiguration.java
index f39a503183c..a09ad8ce345 100644
--- a/hadoop-gremlin/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/hadoop/structure/HadoopConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-gremlin/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/hadoop/structure/HadoopConfiguration.java
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ protected boolean containsKeyInternal(String s) {
         return properties.containsKey(s);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected boolean containsValueInternal(final Object value) {
+        return properties.containsValue(value);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void addPropertyDirect(final String key, final Object value) {
         this.properties.put(key, value);
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aaef1b2fdea..116be566823 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ limitations under the License.
         <antlr4.version>4.9.1</antlr4.version>
         <caffeine.version>2.3.1</caffeine.version>
         <commons.collections.version>3.2.2</commons.collections.version>
-        <commons.configuration.version>2.9.0</commons.configuration.version>
+        <commons.configuration.version>2.15.0</commons.configuration.version>
         <commons.lang.version>2.6</commons.lang.version>
-        <commons.io.version>2.8.0</commons.io.version>
+        <commons.io.version>2.22.0</commons.io.version>
         <commons.lang3.version>3.12.0</commons.lang3.version>
         <commons.text.version>1.10.0</commons.text.version>
         <cucumber.version>7.21.1</cucumber.version>
@@ -775,6 +775,12 @@ limitations under the License.
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
                 <version>${commons.configuration.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>