diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe53c5e8..2d3c3a7f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
       <!-- use 2.9.0 for Java 7 projects -->
-      <version>3.27.3</version>
+      <version>3.27.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>