diff --git a/api-editor/backend/build.gradle.kts b/api-editor/backend/build.gradle.kts
index b42cf2204..92fe2fb62 100644
--- a/api-editor/backend/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/api-editor/backend/build.gradle.kts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // We can later pull this from Maven Central (or some other repo) once published
     implementation(files("lib/de.unibonn.simpleml-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"))
-    implementation("org.eclipse.xtext:org.eclipse.xtext:2.26.0")
+    implementation("org.eclipse.xtext:org.eclipse.xtext:2.27.0")
 
     testImplementation(kotlin("test"))
     testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-assertions-core-jvm:5.2.3")