diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2f720a5c..7b4dfae8 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LIB_GRAPHQL_SERVLET_VER=11.1.0
 LIB_GRAPHQL_JAVA_TOOLS_VER=11.0.0
 LIB_GRAPHQL_ANNOTATIONS_VER=8.3
 LIB_REFLECTIONS_VER=0.9.11
-LIB_APACHE_COMMONS_TEXT=1.8
+LIB_APACHE_COMMONS_TEXT=1.9
 LIB_JSOUP_VER=1.13.1
 ### Gradle Plugins
 LIB_BINTRAY_PLUGIN_VER=1.8.5