diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f0ac45da6298bc2645f5a2ea5fdf706d2304dd9b..0ad6fc53e4bd7196f884442a1b3ac31852f12fd8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ project(':de.prob.core') {
 	}
 
 
-        def parser_version = '2.4.17-SNAPSHOT'
+        def parser_version = '2.4.18-SNAPSHOT'
 
 	dependencies {
 	 compile group: "de.prob", name: "answerparser", version: parser_version , changing: true