diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
index 55b4fc638f07b..eb5fc1650a1b4 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation project(':modules:transport-netty4')
   api 'com.azure:azure-storage-blob:12.16.1'
   api 'org.reactivestreams:reactive-streams:1.0.3'
-  api 'io.projectreactor:reactor-core:3.4.17'
+  api 'io.projectreactor:reactor-core:3.4.18'
   api 'io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty:1.0.18'
   api 'io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-core:1.0.19'
   api 'io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-http:1.0.18'
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.4.17.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.4.17.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 3803458775631..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.4.17.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-52176b50d2191bc32a8a235124e7aff7f291754b
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.4.18.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.4.18.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..749954f62c77b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.4.18.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+29f4f3a4876a65861deffc0f7f189029bcaf7946
\ No newline at end of file