diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d5358c4993..85135e52db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7</version>
+                <version>1.10.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>