diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98003b3..f01f73a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9</version>
+            <version>1.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>