diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a822896..6ed9fdc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <properties>
         <version.jgroups>4.2.3.Final</version.jgroups>
         <version.junit>4.13</version.junit>
-        <version.assertj>3.15.0</version.assertj>
+        <version.assertj>3.16.0</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>