diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b672d3cf..9d57fb51 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
                 <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-                <version>1.17.5</version>
+                <version>1.18.12-jdk5</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>            
             <dependency>