diff --git a/docker-java-bridge-k8s/pom.xml b/docker-java-bridge-k8s/pom.xml
index 27e862bbe..0c11b0c5d 100644
--- a/docker-java-bridge-k8s/pom.xml
+++ b/docker-java-bridge-k8s/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 			<artifactId>client-java</artifactId>
-			<version>13.0.1</version>
+			<version>18.0.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>