diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 947a685..f9722b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
             <artifactId>batik-css</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17</version>
+            <version>1.18</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <!-- exclude this old version as we directly import a newer one -->
                 <exclusion>