diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index efa8c991..72adf0ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.stanford.nlp</groupId>
 			<artifactId>stanford-corenlp</artifactId>
-			<version>3.3.1</version>
+			<version>4.4.0</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- these are for JVnTextPro -->