diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd030268e..7debbac12 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.0</version>
+            <version>1.12.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>