diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f625659952..186f9e30d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.drewnoakes</groupId>
                 <artifactId>metadata-extractor</artifactId>
-                <version>2.18.0</version>
+                <version>2.19.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- upgrade dependency from TIKA -->
             <dependency>