diff --git a/ner/pom.xml b/ner/pom.xml
index 0dbd48a92..faa8bd246 100644
--- a/ner/pom.xml
+++ b/ner/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>edu.stanford.nlp</groupId>
             <artifactId>stanford-corenlp</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.0</version>
+            <version>4.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         
         <dependency>