diff --git a/sonar-scm-git-plugin/pom.xml b/sonar-scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
index b803044..bc940de 100644
--- a/sonar-scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   
   <properties>
     <!-- Minimal supported version of SonarQube. It is defined in travis.sh for integration testing too. -->
-    <sonar.apiVersion>5.0</sonar.apiVersion>
+    <sonar.apiVersion>5.1</sonar.apiVersion>
     <sonar.pluginName>Git</sonar.pluginName>
     <sonar.pluginClass>org.sonarsource.scm.git.GitPlugin</sonar.pluginClass>
   </properties>