diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a6376f67d..8532537f86 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
       <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0</version>
+      <version>6.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>