diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7d75e4f..4f95e8c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.processing</groupId>
 			<artifactId>core</artifactId>
-			<version>4.5.2</version>
+			<version>4.5.3</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope> <!-- don't package into uber jar -->
 			<optional>true</optional> <!-- user artifact should override when provided -->
 			<exclusions>