diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 17cc1e001d..c97fd7d2e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
       <artifactId>wordnet-random-name</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6</version>
+      <version>1.9</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>