diff --git a/GAE/pom.xml b/GAE/pom.xml
index d65bf3164b..4d2e5ce5c6 100644
--- a/GAE/pom.xml
+++ b/GAE/pom.xml
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.drewnoakes</groupId>
       <artifactId>metadata-extractor</artifactId>
-      <version>2.12.0</version>
+      <version>2.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>