diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bd4c4d61ef7..ac008e2cded 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-csv', version: '1.8'
     implementation 'com.h2database:h2-mvstore:1.4.200'
 
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.tika', name: 'tika-core', version: '1.26'
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.tika', name: 'tika-core', version: '1.27'
 
     // required for reading write-protected PDFs - see https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/942#issuecomment-209252635
     implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:1.69'