diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20a4703..b0724fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <properties>
     <!-- Agrona 1.23+ requires Java 17+ -->
     <agrona.version>1.22.0</agrona.version>
-    <assertj.version>3.27.6</assertj.version>
+    <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
     <buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>3.2.1</buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>
     <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.9.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
     <fmt-maven-plugin.version>2.29</fmt-maven-plugin.version>