diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b64c0cf..261b48c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.version>3.13.0</maven.compiler.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <build-alias>b000</build-alias>
-    <wala.version>1.6.7</wala.version>
+    <wala.version>1.6.9</wala.version>
     <spotless.version>2.43.0</spotless.version>
     <maven.surefire.version>3.5.2</maven.surefire.version>
     <parallel>both</parallel>