diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b44524cb0e..7822466fab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                         <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
                         <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
-                        <version>5.4.1</version>
+                        <version>5.5.12</version>
                 </dependency>
 		<dependency>
                         <groupId>com.itextpdf.tool</groupId>