diff --git a/mlp/pom.xml b/mlp/pom.xml
index 5de6c2d0..575727e5 100644
--- a/mlp/pom.xml
+++ b/mlp/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>edu.stanford.nlp</groupId>
             <artifactId>stanford-corenlp</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.1</version>
+            <version>4.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>edu.stanford.nlp</groupId>