diff --git a/project/standard/templates/web/pom.xml b/project/standard/templates/web/pom.xml
index 77e5b4d57b..99da49e78e 100644
--- a/project/standard/templates/web/pom.xml
+++ b/project/standard/templates/web/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
       <artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.0</version>
+      <version>1.8.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.media</groupId>