diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f1c118b..685e7c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.re2j</groupId>
             <artifactId>re2j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6</version>
+            <version>1.8</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-compress -->
         <dependency>