diff --git a/io.cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition/cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition.target b/io.cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition/cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition.target
index 3e0640bf..f5b194e3 100644
--- a/io.cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition/cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition.target
+++ b/io.cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition/cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition.target
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Export-Package:        *;version="${version}";-noimport:=true
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
 				<artifactId>gherkin-utils</artifactId>
-				<version>10.0.0</version>
+				<version>12.0.2</version>
 				<type>jar</type>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>