diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ebe25eba77..2007c3a285 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <!-- Dependencies sorted alphabetically -->
-        <apacheds.directory.api.version>2.0.0</apacheds.directory.api.version>
+        <apacheds.directory.api.version>2.1.8</apacheds.directory.api.version>
         <apacheds.directory.server.version>2.0.0.AM26</apacheds.directory.server.version>
         <apacheds-jdbm.version>2.0.0-M5</apacheds-jdbm.version>
         <apache-rat-plugin.version>0.13</apache-rat-plugin.version>