diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml
index 8a03310048ce..6c7fc693a138 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.8.0</assertj.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
         <apt-maven-plugin.version>1.1.3</apt-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>