diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8aeeae05f..7989ca796 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
         <!-- the list is sorted -->
-        <assertj-core.version>3.25.3</assertj-core.version>
+        <assertj-core.version>3.26.3</assertj-core.version>
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.1.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <google-java-format.version>1.17.0</google-java-format.version>
         <guava.version>33.3.0-jre</guava.version>