diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f2ff68..f4bee1f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.tess4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>tess4j</artifactId>
-            <version>5.8.0</version>
+            <version>5.12.0</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>