diff --git a/plunger-kafka/pom.xml b/plunger-kafka/pom.xml
index 5b8ca34..2ba1b0c 100644
--- a/plunger-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/plunger-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7</version>
+			<version>1.10.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>