diff --git a/assertj-core/pom.xml b/assertj-core/pom.xml
index d18341038eb..8beebb8387c 100644
--- a/assertj-core/pom.xml
+++ b/assertj-core/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <javadocAdditionalOptions>-html5 --allow-script-in-comments</javadocAdditionalOptions>
     <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- Dependency versions -->
-    <byte-buddy.version>1.12.12</byte-buddy.version>
+    <byte-buddy.version>1.12.13</byte-buddy.version>
     <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
     <opentest4j.version>1.2.0</opentest4j.version>
     <!-- Dependency versions overriding -->