diff --git a/jackrabbit-parent/pom.xml b/jackrabbit-parent/pom.xml
index d91960a..ad99dea 100644
--- a/jackrabbit-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/jackrabbit-parent/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.6.4</slf4j.version>
     <logback.version>1.0.0</logback.version>
     <jetty.version>6.1.22</jetty.version>
-    <tika.version>1.3</tika.version>
+    <tika.version>1.18</tika.version>
     <clirr.baseline.version>2.2.0</clirr.baseline.version>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
   </properties>