diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f00b8c7..175e1b71 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <spotbugs.version>4.8.6</spotbugs.version>
     <commons.lang.version>3.14.0</commons.lang.version>
     <commons.io.version>2.16.1</commons.io.version>
-    <byte-buddy.version>1.14.17</byte-buddy.version>
+    <byte-buddy.version>1.14.18</byte-buddy.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
 
     <!-- Project Test Dependencies Configuration -->