diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b01c9f31..fd1a8a97 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 
-        <assert-j.version>3.25.0</assert-j.version>
+        <assert-j.version>3.25.3</assert-j.version>
         <jackson-jr.version>2.17.0</jackson-jr.version>
         <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.2</junit-jupiter.version>
         <picocli.version>4.7.5</picocli.version>