diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ead9adf1d..d9b690cbc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         <!-- Other Dependencies -->
         <commons-text.version>1.13.0</commons-text.version>
         <logstash.version>8.0</logstash.version>
-        <equalsverifier.version>3.17.5</equalsverifier.version>
+        <equalsverifier.version>3.18</equalsverifier.version>
         <zxing.version>3.5.3</zxing.version>
 
         <!-- Test dependencies -->