diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a07f886ede..933a39cde3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
       <!-- Eclipse compiler: useful to generate specific .class file patterns -->
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
       <artifactId>ecj</artifactId>
-      <version>3.26.0</version> <!-- last JDK8-compatible version -->
+      <version>3.40.0</version> <!-- last JDK8-compatible version -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>