diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60979beb..30dcfec2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <commons-logging.version>1.1.3</commons-logging.version>
-        <assertj.version>1.7.1</assertj.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
         <guavatest.version>19.0</guavatest.version>
         <core.apidocs>${project.build.directory}/coredocs</core.apidocs>
         <couchbasemock.version>1.5.19</couchbasemock.version>