diff --git a/kafka-rest/pom.xml b/kafka-rest/pom.xml
index e5a10df107..5dccb11bcf 100644
--- a/kafka-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-rest/pom.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>nl.jqno.equalsverifier</groupId>
             <artifactId>equalsverifier-nodep</artifactId>
-            <version>3.18.2</version>
+            <version>4.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>