diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java
index 01d6610188c..b93c6b4d02b 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 package org.kitodo.production.forms.massimport;
 
+import com.opencsv.exceptions.CsvValidationException;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ public void handleFileUpload(FileUploadEvent event) {
                     records = massImportService.parseLines(importedCsvLines, csvSeparator);
                 }
             }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (IOException | CsvValidationException e) {
             Helper.setErrorMessage(e);
         }
     }
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ public void changeSeparator() {
         metadataKeys = new LinkedList<>(Arrays.asList(importedCsvHeaderLine.split(csvSeparator, -1)));
         try {
             records = massImportService.parseLines(importedCsvLines, csvSeparator);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (IOException | CsvValidationException e) {
             Helper.setErrorMessage(e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/MassImportService.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/MassImportService.java
index 8538c316078..1687d5c6def 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/MassImportService.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/MassImportService.java
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
 
 package org.kitodo.production.services.data;
 
+import com.opencsv.CSVParser;
+import com.opencsv.CSVParserBuilder;
 import com.opencsv.CSVReader;
+import com.opencsv.CSVReaderBuilder;
+import com.opencsv.exceptions.CsvValidationException;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -84,12 +88,19 @@ public List<String> getLines(UploadedFile file) throws IOException {
      * @param separator String used to split lines into individual parts
      * @return list of CsvRecord
      */
-    public List<CsvRecord> parseLines(List<String> lines, String separator) throws IOException {
+    public List<CsvRecord> parseLines(List<String> lines, String separator) throws IOException, CsvValidationException {
         List<CsvRecord> records = new LinkedList<>();
         for (String line : lines) {
             if (!Objects.isNull(line) && !line.isBlank()) {
                 List<CsvCell> cells = new LinkedList<>();
-                CSVReader csvReader = new CSVReader(new StringReader(line), separator.charAt(0), '\"');
+                CSVParser parser = new CSVParserBuilder()
+                        .withSeparator(separator.charAt(0))
+                        .withQuoteChar('\"')
+                        .build();
+                CSVReader csvReader = new CSVReaderBuilder(new StringReader(line))
+                        .withSkipLines(0)
+                        .withCSVParser(parser)
+                        .build();
                 String[] values = csvReader.readNext();
                 if (!Objects.isNull(values)) {
                     for (String value : values) {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf972a0c0ee..19e93ca7010 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>
                 <artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
-                <version>3.10</version>
+                <version>5.9</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.xebialabs.restito</groupId>