diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7cc0f9b..b097a84 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
       <artifactId>opennlp-tools</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.3</version>
+      <version>1.8.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>