diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a469586ba..3c97523ee8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>site-content</commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>
 
     <commons.lang3.version>3.17.0</commons.lang3.version>
-    <commons.bytebuddy.version>1.15.11</commons.bytebuddy.version>
+    <commons.bytebuddy.version>1.16.1</commons.bytebuddy.version>
     <commons.rng.version>1.6</commons.rng.version>
     <japicmp.skip>false</japicmp.skip>
     <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>