diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a6376f67d..21243dc654 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
       <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.0</version>
+      <version>6.8.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
       <!-- In case of using testNG uncomment the following dependency -->