diff --git a/dependencies/default/pom.xml b/dependencies/default/pom.xml
index bfc66b7c8d..2142223b8f 100644
--- a/dependencies/default/pom.xml
+++ b/dependencies/default/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <properties>
     <!-- Dependency versions: sort by alphabetic order -->
     <activation.version>1.2.2</activation.version>
-    <assertj.version>3.26.0</assertj.version>
+    <assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>
     <awaitility.version>4.2.1</awaitility.version>
     <brave.version>6.0.3</brave.version>
     <commons-beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils.version>