diff --git a/main/pom.xml b/main/pom.xml
index f5c25acc0..829a3df1c 100644
--- a/main/pom.xml
+++ b/main/pom.xml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8</version>
+        <version>1.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>