diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b10bac2..3c54056 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
     <!-- connector SDK version -->
-    <version.connector-core>8.5.0</version.connector-core>
+    <version.connector-core>8.6.0</version.connector-core>
     <version.connector-runtime>8.5.0</version.connector-runtime>
 
     <!-- external libraries -->