diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a3b17d1..e14bbb0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.tess4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>tess4j</artifactId>
-            <version>5.17.0</version>
+            <version>5.18.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>