diff --git a/tycho-apitools-plugin/pom.xml b/tycho-apitools-plugin/pom.xml
index 4028a7c0dc..7724b5b4c5 100644
--- a/tycho-apitools-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tycho-apitools-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>org.eclipse.jdt.core</artifactId>
-		    <version>3.38.0</version>
+		    <version>3.40.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
diff --git a/tycho-core/pom.xml b/tycho-core/pom.xml
index 28316c1dc9..28718acff4 100644
--- a/tycho-core/pom.xml
+++ b/tycho-core/pom.xml
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.eclipse.jdt.core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.38.0</version>
+			<version>3.40.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.eclipse.pde</groupId>
diff --git a/tycho-its/pom.xml b/tycho-its/pom.xml
index ce398a7826..2081602c5a 100644
--- a/tycho-its/pom.xml
+++ b/tycho-its/pom.xml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
 			<artifactId>org.eclipse.jdt.core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.38.0</version>
+			<version>3.40.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- update site tests -->