diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 896c50cff6..3d2216d161 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ lazy val cropper = playProject("cropper", 9006)
 
 lazy val imageLoader = playProject("image-loader", 9003).settings {
   libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-    "org.apache.tika" % "tika-core" % "1.20",
+    "org.apache.tika" % "tika-core" % "1.28.5",
     "com.drewnoakes" % "metadata-extractor" % "2.19.0"
   )
 }