diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 06c9d78..b47789b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
             <groupId>org.sonarsource.sonarqube</groupId>
             <artifactId>sonar-plugin-api</artifactId>
             <!-- minimal version of SonarQube to support -->
-            <version>6.7</version>
+            <version>7.4</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>