diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e704a7455..12e0b6e28 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 			<artifactId>opennlp-tools</artifactId>
-			<version>1.8.4</version>
+			<version>1.9.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.sourceforge.owlapi</groupId>