diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d3976a..b7c9a69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10.0</version>
+            <version>1.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- JSON dependency used for better parsing of JSON files -->
         <dependency>