diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b45c280..40ac04f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
             <artifactId>xmlgraphics-commons</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8</version>
+            <version>2.9</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>