diff --git a/code/api/api/pom.xml b/code/api/api/pom.xml
index 69c34524..635c3201 100644
--- a/code/api/api/pom.xml
+++ b/code/api/api/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9</version>
+            <version>1.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- DbUnit for loading datasets for integration tests -->
diff --git a/code/api/lib/pom.xml b/code/api/lib/pom.xml
index d4884453..177b233b 100644
--- a/code/api/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/code/api/lib/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9</version>
+            <version>1.13.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>