diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 752827e23e..821e16772a 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>17.0</version>
+      <version>18.0-rc1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>