diff --git a/trick_source/java/pom.xml b/trick_source/java/pom.xml
index e77337e7..bd98e33f 100644
--- a/trick_source/java/pom.xml
+++ b/trick_source/java/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
       <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.11</version>
+      <version>2.0.15</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>