diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02b082e..fc819cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.drewnoakes</groupId>
             <artifactId>metadata-extractor</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.0</version>
+            <version>2.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
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