diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cdfc5027..0bd283a0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
         <properties-maven-plugin.version>1.2.1</properties-maven-plugin.version>
         <sonar-maven-plugin.version>5.0.0.4389</sonar-maven-plugin.version>
-        <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.17.1</versions-maven-plugin.version>
+        <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.18.0</versions-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>