diff --git a/external/ai/pom.xml b/external/ai/pom.xml
index 9af1837f9..7a88175e0 100644
--- a/external/ai/pom.xml
+++ b/external/ai/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ under the License.
     <description>AI resources for StormCrawler</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <langchain4j.version>1.17.2</langchain4j.version>
+        <langchain4j.version>1.18.0</langchain4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>