diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9548b28..b102064 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.github.markusbernhardt</groupId>
 	<artifactId>robotframework-selenium2library-java</artifactId>
-	<version>1.4.0.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.4.0.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>Robot Framework :: Selenium2Library</name>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		<java.version>1.6</java.version>
 		<xml.doclet.version>1.0.5</xml.doclet.version>
 		<robotframework.version>2.9.2</robotframework.version>
-		<selenium.version>2.48.2</selenium.version>
+		<selenium.version>3.4.0</selenium.version>
 		<keywords.class>Selenium2Library</keywords.class>
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/markusbernhardt/selenium2library/keywords/BrowserManagement.java b/src/main/java/com/github/markusbernhardt/selenium2library/keywords/BrowserManagement.java
index 26537b8..5ad9a0f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/markusbernhardt/selenium2library/keywords/BrowserManagement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/markusbernhardt/selenium2library/keywords/BrowserManagement.java
@@ -1495,11 +1495,7 @@ protected void parseBrowserOptionsFirefox(String browserOptions, DesiredCapabili
 						Iterator<?> iteratorExtensions = extensions.iterator();
 						while (iteratorExtensions.hasNext()) {
 							File file = new File(iteratorExtensions.next().toString().replace('/', File.separatorChar));
-							try {
-								firefoxProfile.addExtension(file);
-							} catch (IOException e) {
-								logging.warn("Could not load extension: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
-							}
+							firefoxProfile.addExtension(file);
 						}
 					} else {
 						logging.warn("Unknown browserOption: " + key + ":" + entry.getValue());