diff --git a/jcore-opennlp-token-ae/pom.xml b/jcore-opennlp-token-ae/pom.xml
index 3145d63a6..2ffdb969f 100644
--- a/jcore-opennlp-token-ae/pom.xml
+++ b/jcore-opennlp-token-ae/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
             <artifactId>opennlp-tools</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0</version>
+            <version>1.8.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>