diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a60e767f31..6a2901eaca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
                 <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-                <version>9.6</version>
+                <version>9.7</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.pcollections</groupId>