diff --git a/rxjava-core/pom.xml b/rxjava-core/pom.xml
index daec1f783f05..c5a96229bda9 100644
--- a/rxjava-core/pom.xml
+++ b/rxjava-core/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <assertj.version>3.8.0</assertj.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
         <rx.java.version>1.2.5</rx.java.version>
         <awaitility.version>1.7.0</awaitility.version>
         <rx.java2.version>2.2.2</rx.java2.version>