diff --git a/annotation-engine/pom.xml b/annotation-engine/pom.xml
index 9f939f6..1c93c06 100644
--- a/annotation-engine/pom.xml
+++ b/annotation-engine/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>edu.stanford.nlp</groupId>
             <artifactId>stanford-corenlp</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0</version>
+            <version>4.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>edu.stanford.nlp</groupId>