diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c9ba45..8e8d48d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jruby.jcodings</groupId>
       <artifactId>jcodings</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.12</version>
+      <version>1.0.18</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>