diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec9ed418..073e55fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <commons.lang.version>3.9</commons.lang.version>
     <commons.io.version>2.6</commons.io.version>
     <commons.digester.version>3.2</commons.digester.version>
-    <commons.text.version>1.7</commons.text.version>
+    <commons.text.version>1.8</commons.text.version>
     <eclipse-collections.version>10.0.0</eclipse-collections.version>
     <spotbugs.parser.library.version>6.0.3</spotbugs.parser.library.version>
     <j2html.version>1.4.0</j2html.version>