diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37fcdee..a7aef1c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <scala.version>2.12</scala.version>
     <spark.version>3.1.2</spark.version>
-    <metadata-extractor.version>2.16.0</metadata-extractor.version>
+    <metadata-extractor.version>2.18.0</metadata-extractor.version>
     <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
   </properties>