diff --git a/scala/dllib/pom.xml b/scala/dllib/pom.xml
index 89020a48108..baa1459ebee 100644
--- a/scala/dllib/pom.xml
+++ b/scala/dllib/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
             <artifactId>opennlp-tools</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.2</version>
+            <version>2.5.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.twelvemonkeys.imageio</groupId>