diff --git a/asciidoctor-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/asciidoctor-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 4ed6cf8f..ea5e2410 100644
--- a/asciidoctor-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/asciidoctor-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
             <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16.1</version>
+            <version>1.17.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>