diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6237c1f18..6a9c5a17e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ subprojects {
     implementation('commons-io:commons-io:2.16.1'){
       exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
     }
-    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.11.0'
+    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.12.0'
     implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.14.0'
 
     //java 10 no longer has these included by default, so explicit dependency is needed.