diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 97993f874..374ef99f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8.12</version>
+                <version>1.8.16</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>