diff --git a/lombok/pom.xml b/lombok/pom.xml
index 334d1defc9..c5758ea8df 100644
--- a/lombok/pom.xml
+++ b/lombok/pom.xml
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- lombok: https://projectlombok.org/changelog.html -->
-        <lombok.version>1.18.10</lombok.version>
         <!-- various -->
         <hibernate-jpa-2.1-api.version>1.0.0.Final</hibernate-jpa-2.1-api.version>
         <!-- delombok maven plugin -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d8bf527184..d161ec18e0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@
         <maven-jxr-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-jxr-plugin.version>
         <!-- <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.9.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version> -->
         <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
-        <lombok.version>1.16.12</lombok.version>
+        <lombok.version>1.18.20</lombok.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.197</h2.version>
     </properties>