diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 4fcd079e8..ea56ebdc0 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ val checker = playProject(
       "com.gu" %% "content-api-models-scala" % capiModelsVersion,
       "com.gu" %% "content-api-models-json" % capiModelsVersion,
       "com.gu" %% "content-api-client-default" % capiClientVersion,
-      "org.apache.opennlp" % "opennlp" % "2.1.1",
+      "org.apache.opennlp" % "opennlp" % "2.5.10",
       "io.gatling.highcharts" % "gatling-charts-highcharts" % "3.7.6" % "test,it",
       "io.gatling" % "gatling-test-framework" % "3.7.6" % "test,it",
       "org.carrot2" % "morfologik-tools" % "2.1.9"