diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index c795d3b8ea..64f4d66376 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
       <artifactId>byte-buddy-agent</artifactId>
-      <version>1.17.8</version>
+      <version>1.18.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>