diff --git a/tycho-lib-detector/pom.xml b/tycho-lib-detector/pom.xml
index 9649d923b3..7220af48fb 100644
--- a/tycho-lib-detector/pom.xml
+++ b/tycho-lib-detector/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 						<dependency>
 							<groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
 							<artifactId>ecj</artifactId>
-							<version>3.38.0</version>
+							<version>3.40.0</version>
 						</dependency>
 					</dependencies>
 				</plugin>