diff --git a/takari-lifecycle-plugin/pom.xml b/takari-lifecycle-plugin/pom.xml
index 2ac48e84..b0bfd405 100644
--- a/takari-lifecycle-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/takari-lifecycle-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
       <artifactId>ecj</artifactId>
-      <version>3.33.0</version>
+      <version>3.40.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>*</groupId>