diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8fa81fdfc..8c8a6569ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.javacrumbs.json-unit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>json-unit</artifactId>
-			<version>2.38.0</version> <!-- 3.x requires Java 17 -->
+			<version>2.40.1</version> <!-- 3.x requires Java 17 -->
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>