diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85a669e63..0288be669 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
             <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.7</version>
+            <version>1.8.16</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>