diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20bc819e..bd4e7e7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.tika</groupId>
       <artifactId>tika-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.18</version>
+      <version>1.22</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jclouds.provider</groupId>