diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 88d70bd8f..93a04ab23 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.mitchtalmadge</groupId>
                 <artifactId>ascii-data</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.0</version>
+                <version>1.4.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- For CQL compression option -->