diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68c478c02..e3eb123ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8</version>
+                <version>1.10.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-digester</groupId>