diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1efeb35..d3938ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <!-- coverage -->
     <!-- CI tooling (workflow scripts) stays analyzed for issues but doesn't count toward coverage -->
     <sonar.coverage.exclusions>.github/**</sonar.coverage.exclusions>
-    <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.15</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
+    <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.16</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
     <!-- Default for the @{argLine} placeholder in the surefire config below. JaCoCo's
          prepare-agent goal overwrites this with the agent arguments when the coverage
          profile is active; without this default, surefire receives a literal "@{argLine}"