diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 6dfb58176fba5fc41eaf3442e6ca0c5c995445ac..cba980c52a28ddc6021ffa19896839e43c06ef97 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ end
 default['typo3_site']['solr']['init'] = false
 default['typo3_site']['solr']['version_solr'] = '6.6.1' # latest supported solr version of the TYPO3 extension
 default['typo3_site']['solr']['version_extension'] = '7.5' # branch of the TYPO3 extension
-default['typo3_site']['solr']['version_tika_server'] = '1.17' # branch of the TYPO3 extension
+default['typo3_site']['solr']['version_tika_server'] = '1.18' # branch of the TYPO3 extension
 default['typo3_site']['solr']['config_directory'] = 'ext_solr_7_5_0' # configuration directory in server/solr/configsets/
 default['typo3_site']['solr']['cores'] = [
 	{