diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dface80..0263381 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <surefire.version>3.5.3</surefire.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.17.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-cli.version>1.9.0</commons-cli.version>
-        <equalsverifier.version>3.19.3</equalsverifier.version>
+        <equalsverifier.version>4.0.9</equalsverifier.version>
         <reflections.version>0.10.2</reflections.version>
         <qualitytest.version>1.3</qualitytest.version>
         <paranamer.version>2.8.3</paranamer.version>