diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e2afd0..0fc8a40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-		    <version>1.6</version>
+		    <version>1.8</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>