diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b62c3e0..28712d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <properties>
         <version.jgroups>5.0.4.Final</version.jgroups>
         <version.junit>4.13.1</version.junit>
-        <version.assertj>3.18.0</version.assertj>
+        <version.assertj>3.18.1</version.assertj>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>