diff --git a/component/pom.xml b/component/pom.xml
index 29f99040..27ea5467 100644
--- a/component/pom.xml
+++ b/component/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.drewnoakes</groupId>
       <artifactId>metadata-extractor</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.0</version>
+      <version>2.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.twelvemonkeys.servlet</groupId>