diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index b7ab26f91..0e4f9db41 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ the License.
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
         <artifactId>tika-parsers</artifactId>
-        <version>1.13</version>
+        <version>1.18</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>