diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e779eaf48..e950bcc97 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
         <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
-        <version>6.9.1</version>
+        <version>7.18.1</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>