diff --git a/web/pom.xml b/web/pom.xml
index 5abee54f4e..30ac3b3f4f 100644
--- a/web/pom.xml
+++ b/web/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
       <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.0</version>
+      <version>1.8.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.media</groupId>