diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index afb021640..7a4cf86ca 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
       <!-- required for advanced mocking -->
       <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
       <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-      <version>1.14.15</version>
+      <version>1.16.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- required for XML assertion (XmlMergerTest) -->