diff --git a/com.ibm.streamsx.messaging/pom.xml b/com.ibm.streamsx.messaging/pom.xml
index b3514a4..1baf401 100644
--- a/com.ibm.streamsx.messaging/pom.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.streamsx.messaging/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.rabbitmq</groupId>
             <artifactId>amqp-client</artifactId>
-            <version>5.4.3</version>
+            <version>5.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.paho</groupId>