diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 55c2aa74e..0cd0058b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
     "typedoc-plugin-markdown": "4.7.1",
     "typescript": "5.8.3",
     "wdio-docker-service": "3.2.1",
-    "webdriverio": "9.12.5",
+    "webdriverio": "9.18.4",
     "xml2js": "0.6.2",
     "xpath": "0.0.34"
   },