diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d669f2..cfa8eb9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.thauvin.erik.urlencoder</groupId>
       <artifactId>urlencoder-lib-jvm</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.0</version>
+      <version>1.5.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/JokeApiBuild.java b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/JokeApiBuild.java
index c6405d9..e99f424 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/JokeApiBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/JokeApiBuild.java
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ public class JokeApiBuild extends Project {
         final var kotlin = version(1, 9, 24);
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib", kotlin))
-                .include(dependency("net.thauvin.erik.urlencoder", "urlencoder-lib-jvm", version(1, 4, 0)));
                 .include(dependency("org.json", "json", "20240303"))
+                .include(dependency("net.thauvin.erik.urlencoder", "urlencoder-lib-jvm", version(1, 5, 0)));
         scope(test)
                 .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-test-junit5", kotlin))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 10, 2)))