diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e169abc2c0..aa9cfa1f22 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.drewnoakes</groupId>
                 <artifactId>metadata-extractor</artifactId>
-                <version>2.14.0</version>
+                <version>2.15.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <!-- upgrade dependency from TIKA -->
             <dependency>