diff --git a/qse-is-sonar-plugin/pom.xml b/qse-is-sonar-plugin/pom.xml
index 0a26de4..7b197fa 100644
--- a/qse-is-sonar-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/qse-is-sonar-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       <groupId>org.sonarsource.sonarqube</groupId>
       <artifactId>sonar-plugin-api</artifactId>
       <!-- minimal version of SonarQube to support. -->
-      <version>6.7</version>
+      <version>7.4</version>
       <!-- mandatory scope -->
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>