diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff4de1e..3eae715 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		  <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		  <artifactId>opennlp-tools</artifactId>
-		  <version>1.6.0</version>
+		  <version>1.8.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		  <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>