diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dd19ed39c..fcba70952 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
             <artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
-            <version>7.20.1</version>
+            <version>7.21.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>