diff --git a/impl/src/test/java/org/jboss/weld/tests/unit/hierarchy/discovery/combined/CombinedHierarchyTest.java b/impl/src/test/java/org/jboss/weld/tests/unit/hierarchy/discovery/combined/CombinedHierarchyTest.java
index 124dd2652b7..a05c3cc69e3 100644
--- a/impl/src/test/java/org/jboss/weld/tests/unit/hierarchy/discovery/combined/CombinedHierarchyTest.java
+++ b/impl/src/test/java/org/jboss/weld/tests/unit/hierarchy/discovery/combined/CombinedHierarchyTest.java
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ public void testInterfaceTypesResolved() {
         expectedTypes.add(Types.newParameterizedType(ArrayList.class, Integer.class));
         expectedTypes.add(Types.newParameterizedType(Iterable.class, Integer.class));
 
+        // JDK 21 adds interface java.util.SequencedCollection<class java.lang.Integer>
+        try {
+            Class<?> seqCollectionClazz = Class.forName("java.util.SequencedCollection");
+            expectedTypes.add(Types.newParameterizedType(seqCollectionClazz, Integer.class));
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            // this just means we are running on older JDK
+        }
         HierarchyDiscovery discovery = new HierarchyDiscovery(Types.newParameterizedType(ArrayList.class, Integer.class));
         Types.assertTypeSetMatches(expectedTypes, discovery.getTypeClosure());
     }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ee4bff6794..226e3bb052c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <classfilewriter.version>1.3.0.Final</classfilewriter.version>
         <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.7.3.4</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
         <spotbugs-annotations-version>4.7.3</spotbugs-annotations-version>
-        <groovy.version>3.0.13</groovy.version>
+        <groovy.version>3.0.20</groovy.version>
         <htmlunit.version>2.70.0</htmlunit.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.8</jacoco.version>
         <jandex.version>3.1.3</jandex.version>