diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ecb2f2a..718183a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -109,11 +109,6 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
       <version>1.7.25</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.optimaize.languagedetector</groupId>
-      <artifactId>language-detector</artifactId>
-      <version>0.6</version>
-    </dependency>
     <!-- CSV reader. Docs: http://opencsv.sourceforge.net -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>
@@ -164,6 +159,13 @@
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
       <version>1.4</version>
     </dependency>
+
+    <!-- language detection -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.github.pemistahl</groupId>
+      <artifactId>lingua</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/api/util/QALanguageDetector.java b/src/main/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/api/util/QALanguageDetector.java
index 02e69926..7a6f7b67 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/api/util/QALanguageDetector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/api/util/QALanguageDetector.java
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 package de.gwdg.metadataqa.api.util;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Optional;
-import com.optimaize.langdetect.LanguageDetector;
-import com.optimaize.langdetect.LanguageDetectorBuilder;
-import com.optimaize.langdetect.i18n.LdLocale;
-import com.optimaize.langdetect.ngram.NgramExtractors;
-import com.optimaize.langdetect.profiles.LanguageProfile;
-import com.optimaize.langdetect.profiles.LanguageProfileReader;
-import com.optimaize.langdetect.text.CommonTextObjectFactories;
-import com.optimaize.langdetect.text.TextObjectFactory;
+import com.github.pemistahl.lingua.api.IsoCode639_1;
+import com.github.pemistahl.lingua.api.Language;
+import com.github.pemistahl.lingua.api.LanguageDetector;
+import com.github.pemistahl.lingua.api.LanguageDetectorBuilder;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.SortedMap;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -18,25 +17,21 @@
  */
 class QALanguageDetector {
 
-  private List<LanguageProfile> languageProfiles;
   private LanguageDetector languageDetector;
-  private TextObjectFactory textObjectFactory;
 
   QALanguageDetector() throws IOException {
-    languageProfiles = new LanguageProfileReader().readAllBuiltIn();
-
-    //build language detector:
     languageDetector = LanguageDetectorBuilder
-      .create(NgramExtractors.standard())
-      .withProfiles(languageProfiles)
-      .build();
+            .fromAllSpokenLanguages()
+            .build();
+  }
 
-    //create a text object factory
-    textObjectFactory = CommonTextObjectFactories.forDetectingOnLargeText();
+  public Language detect(String text) {
+    final Language detectedLanguage = languageDetector.detectLanguageOf(text);
+    return detectedLanguage;
   }
 
-  public Optional<LdLocale> detect(String text) {
-    var textObject = textObjectFactory.forText(text);
-    return languageDetector.detect(textObject);
+  public SortedMap<Language, Double> detectWithConfidence(String text) {
+    final SortedMap<Language, Double> detectedLanguages = languageDetector.computeLanguageConfidenceValues(text);
+    return detectedLanguages;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/api/util/QALanguageDetectorTest.java b/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/api/util/QALanguageDetectorTest.java
index e5ee0a8c..9c001a53 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/api/util/QALanguageDetectorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/gwdg/metadataqa/api/util/QALanguageDetectorTest.java
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package de.gwdg.metadataqa.api.util;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Optional;
-import com.optimaize.langdetect.i18n.LdLocale;
+import com.github.pemistahl.lingua.api.Language;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.SortedMap;
+
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -38,24 +39,25 @@ public void tearDown() {
   @Test
   public void constructionTest() throws IOException {
     QALanguageDetector languageDetector = new QALanguageDetector();
-    Optional<LdLocale> langs = languageDetector.detect("There are no plans to deprecate this class in the foreseeable future.");
+    Language langs = languageDetector.detect("There are no plans to deprecate this class in the foreseeable future.");
     assertNotNull(langs);
-    assertTrue(langs.isPresent());
-    assertEquals("en", langs.get().getLanguage());
+    assertEquals("en", langs.getIsoCode639_1().toString());
 
     langs = languageDetector.detect("Der Literaturnobelpreis 2016 ging an den Musiker Bob Dylan. Mit dieser Entscheidung erkannte die Jury zum ersten Mal die literarische Qualität von Songtexten an. Nicht jeder fand das gut.");
     assertNotNull(langs);
-    assertTrue(langs.isPresent());
-    assertEquals("de", langs.get().getLanguage());
+    assertEquals("de", langs.getIsoCode639_1().toString());
 
     langs = languageDetector.detect("Ég a napmelegtől a kopár szík sarja.");
     assertNotNull(langs);
-    assertTrue(langs.isPresent());
-    assertEquals("hu", langs.get().getLanguage());
+    assertEquals("hu", langs.getIsoCode639_1().toString());
 
     langs = languageDetector.detect("1984.");
     assertNotNull(langs);
-    assertFalse(langs.isPresent());
+    //assertFalse(langs);
+
+    SortedMap<Language, Double> confidences = languageDetector.detectWithConfidence("Der Literaturnobelpreis 2016 ging an den Musiker Bob Dylan. Mit dieser Entscheidung erkannte die Jury zum ersten Mal die literarische Qualität von Songtexten an. Nicht jeder fand das gut.");
+    assertNotNull(confidences);
+    assertEquals("de", confidences.firstKey().getIsoCode639_1().toString());
 
   }
 }