diff --git a/src/refimpl-tests/pom.xml b/src/refimpl-tests/pom.xml
index 8b06d327..cf18b761 100644
--- a/src/refimpl-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/src/refimpl-tests/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     <dependency> <!-- enables mocking of classes (in addition to interfaces) -->
       <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
       <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-      <version>1.15.11</version>
+      <version>1.16.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency> <!-- enables mocking of classes without default constructor (together with ByteBuddy or CGLIB) -->