diff --git a/ci/bigquery/pom.xml b/ci/bigquery/pom.xml
index a6e58a0b6..ffa3ba2e1 100644
--- a/ci/bigquery/pom.xml
+++ b/ci/bigquery/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7</version>
+            <version>1.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>