diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
index ead1fc1ee..e442c3e1e 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
       <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-      <version>1.18.3</version>
+      <version>1.18.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>