diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 65c0a06..695c584 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6</version>
+                <version>1.9</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>