diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27f8526794..f07c845ea8 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>1.8</commons-text.version>
+		<commons-text.version>1.9</commons-text.version>
 		<handlebars.version>4.2.0</handlebars.version>
 		<jgit.version>5.5.1.201910021850-r</jgit.version>
 		<javax-inject.version>1</javax-inject.version>