diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04ae3872fdb..a24760a7893 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.sonar.runner</groupId>
         <artifactId>sonar-runner-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3</version>
+        <version>2.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- tomcat -->