diff --git a/io.cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition/cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition.target b/io.cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition/cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition.target
index 72e94be2..85a37951 100644
--- a/io.cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition/cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition.target
+++ b/io.cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition/cucumber.eclipse.targetdefinition.target
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
 				<artifactId>gherkin</artifactId>
-				<version>37.0.1</version>
+				<version>39.1.0</version>
 				<type>jar</type>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>