diff --git a/vaadin-dev-server/pom.xml b/vaadin-dev-server/pom.xml
index 45701641ef5..b477694811a 100644
--- a/vaadin-dev-server/pom.xml
+++ b/vaadin-dev-server/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.methvin</groupId>
             <artifactId>directory-watcher</artifactId>
-            <version>0.18.0</version>
+            <version>0.19.0</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>