diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 423ca7c2d3..6cd17752d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     <fluidoVersion>${maven-fluido-skin.version}</fluidoVersion>
     <modelloNamespaceRuleVersion>2.1.0</modelloNamespaceRuleVersion>
     <modelloNamespaceReportVersion>2.0.0</modelloNamespaceReportVersion>
-    <byteBuddyVersion>1.14.17</byteBuddyVersion>
+    <byteBuddyVersion>1.14.18</byteBuddyVersion>
     <!-- use the same version as in Maven core -->
     <mavenResolverVersion>1.4.1</mavenResolverVersion>