diff --git a/seqreader-app/pom.xml b/seqreader-app/pom.xml
index fbf4e69..516d32a 100644
--- a/seqreader-app/pom.xml
+++ b/seqreader-app/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.nutch</groupId>
         <artifactId>nutch</artifactId>
-        <version>1.18</version>
+        <version>1.20</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
              <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>