diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9d9a4ff3b..a6a8396a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <cglib.version>3.1</cglib.version>
         <groovy.version>2.4.3</groovy.version>
         <gmongo.version>1.5</gmongo.version>
-        <tika.version>1.5</tika.version>
+        <tika.version>1.18</tika.version>
         <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
     </properties>