diff --git a/lang/java/pom.xml b/lang/java/pom.xml
index 8998e217edb..1797fc83a8d 100644
--- a/lang/java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
 
     <!-- version properties for dependencies -->
-    <ant.version>1.10.17</ant.version>
+    <ant.version>1.10.18</ant.version>
     <commons-cli.version>1.11.0</commons-cli.version>
     <commons-compress.version>1.28.0</commons-compress.version>
     <commons-text.version>1.15.0</commons-text.version>