diff --git a/webapp/pom.xml b/webapp/pom.xml
index 1f55f35bb9..64e025ee97 100644
--- a/webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/webapp/pom.xml
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
             <artifactId>opennlp-tools</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.0</version>
+            <version>2.5.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>