diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45530bffd0..32ab937259 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		<spock-spring.version>1.3-groovy-2.5</spock-spring.version>
 		<spock-global-unroll.version>0.5.1</spock-global-unroll.version>
 		<hoverfly-junit.version>0.2.2</hoverfly-junit.version>
-		<commons-text.version>1.7</commons-text.version>
+		<commons-text.version>1.8</commons-text.version>
 		<handlebars.version>4.1.2</handlebars.version>
 		<jgit.version>5.4.2.201908231537-r</jgit.version>
 		<javax-inject.version>1</javax-inject.version>