diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4618b2ac31..d6bf4e3f3f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <groupId>org.sonarsource.parent</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
     <version>31</version>
-    <relativePath />
+    <relativePath/>
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core</groupId>
   <artifactId>sonarlint-core-parent</artifactId>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   </modules>
 
   <properties>
-    <sonarqube.version>5.3</sonarqube.version>
+    <sonarqube.version>7.8</sonarqube.version>
     <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
     <log4j.version>2.5</log4j.version>