diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a4c72e0daf..21ef774d8de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-                <version>1.3</version> <!-- 1.3 is still compatible with java7 -->
+                <version>1.14.0</version> <!-- 1.3 is still compatible with java7 -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>