diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 019727e..66521b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
       <artifactId>rome</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.0</version>
+      <version>1.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>