diff --git a/tycho-extras/tycho-version-bump-plugin/pom.xml b/tycho-extras/tycho-version-bump-plugin/pom.xml
index 1d2fb1daf6..078a715ec1 100644
--- a/tycho-extras/tycho-version-bump-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tycho-extras/tycho-version-bump-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.versions</groupId>
 			<artifactId>versions-common</artifactId>
-			<version>2.17.1</version>
+			<version>2.18.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>