diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 61650ea0f..8c46d64f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@
               <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
                 <artifactId>ecj</artifactId>
-                <version>3.17.0</version>
+                <version>3.18.0</version>
               </dependency>
             </dependencies>
           </plugin>