diff --git a/rule-specification/pom.xml b/rule-specification/pom.xml
index 0090abd..a229f5f 100644
--- a/rule-specification/pom.xml
+++ b/rule-specification/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.stanford.nlp</groupId>
 			<artifactId>stanford-corenlp</artifactId>
-			<version>3.9.1</version>
+			<version>4.4.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 	</dependencies>