diff --git a/src/client/java/hadoop-daos/pom.xml b/src/client/java/hadoop-daos/pom.xml
index 28576e3ec63..98fa7f00fc9 100644
--- a/src/client/java/hadoop-daos/pom.xml
+++ b/src/client/java/hadoop-daos/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.19.0</version>
+      <version>3.27.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>