diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 87aee80..a117877 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <dependency> <!-- enables mocking of classes (in addition to interfaces) -->
       <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
       <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-      <version>1.12.7</version>
+      <version>1.12.16</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency> <!-- enables mocking of classes without default constructor (together with ByteBuddy or CGLIB) -->