diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10db84b657f..2f2162f800e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ file comparators, endian transformation classes, and much more.
     </commons.osgi.import>
     <commons.scmPubUrl>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/commons/content/proper/commons-io/</commons.scmPubUrl>
     <commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>site-content</commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>
-    <commons.bytebuddy.version>1.17.7</commons.bytebuddy.version>
+    <commons.bytebuddy.version>1.17.8</commons.bytebuddy.version>
     <japicmp.skip>false</japicmp.skip>
     <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
     <!-- JaCoCo: Don't make code coverage worse than: -->