diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1efeb35..6009d00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <mockito.version>5.24.0</mockito.version>
     <!-- byte-buddy-agent version must match what mockito-core pulls in transitively.
          Update this when bumping mockito.version (run: mvn dependency:tree -pl core | grep byte-buddy-agent). -->
-    <bytebuddy.version>1.18.15</bytebuddy.version>
+    <bytebuddy.version>1.18.16</bytebuddy.version>
     <junit-pioneer.version>2.3.0</junit-pioneer.version>
     <excludedGroups>acceptance</excludedGroups>
     <!-- coverage -->