diff --git a/packages/wdio-cucumber-framework/package.json b/packages/wdio-cucumber-framework/package.json
index 03f5befd3f4..630a2780e29 100644
--- a/packages/wdio-cucumber-framework/package.json
+++ b/packages/wdio-cucumber-framework/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@cucumber/cucumber": "8.6.0",
-    "@cucumber/gherkin": "24.1.0",
+    "@cucumber/gherkin": "25.0.2",
     "@cucumber/gherkin-streams": "^5.0.0",
     "@cucumber/messages": "19.1.4",
     "@types/is-glob": "^4.0.1",