diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eceb5b896..4f4b4a8fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
       <!-- use 2.9.0 for Java 7 projects -->
-      <version>3.17.2</version>
+      <version>3.18.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>