diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c50bd36a..6ae564f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.0</version>
+      <version>1.14.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.woodstox</groupId>