diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e93a97c9..3c604c3d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
     <!-- dependency versions a..z -->
     <apiguardian-api.version>1.0.0</apiguardian-api.version>
-    <assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>
+    <assertj.version>3.27.0</assertj.version>
     <commons-compress.version>1.27.1</commons-compress.version>
     <graalvm.version>24.1.1</graalvm.version>
     <graalvm.plugin.version>0.10.4</graalvm.plugin.version>