diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d0be022cf5e..a41d113ca6a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <activemq-protobuf-version>1.1</activemq-protobuf-version>
     <activesoap-version>1.3</activesoap-version>
     <annogen-version>0.1.0</annogen-version>
-    <ant-version>1.10.17</ant-version>
+    <ant-version>1.10.18</ant-version>
     <aries-version>1.1.0</aries-version>
     <axion-version>1.0-M3-dev</axion-version>
     <camel-version>2.25.4</camel-version>