diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ed580069d0..eb27b67c76 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
   id 'com.github.sherter.google-java-format' version '0.9' apply false
   id 'net.ltgt.errorprone' version '2.0.2' apply false
   id 'net.researchgate.release' version '2.8.1' apply false
-  id 'com.gradle.plugin-publish' version '0.16.0' apply false
+  id 'com.gradle.plugin-publish' version '0.18.0' apply false
   id 'io.freefair.maven-plugin' version '5.3.3.3' apply false
 
   // apply so that we can collect quality metrics at the root project level