diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 16e14cfb..df7d6daf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlcleaner</groupId>
                 <artifactId>htmlcleaner</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5</version>
+                <version>2.9</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.github.detro</groupId>