diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3fa29edb15..b12c295799 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
                 <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-                <version>7.1</version>
+                <version>7.3.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>