diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index 8ab9bcde..c556e1e9 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ maven/mavencentral/org.apache.maven.doxia/doxia-module-xdoc/1.12.0, Apache-2.0,
 maven/mavencentral/org.apache.maven.doxia/doxia-sink-api/1.12.0, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined
 maven/mavencentral/org.apache.xbean/xbean-reflect/3.7, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined
 maven/mavencentral/org.apiguardian/apiguardian-api/1.1.2, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined
-maven/mavencentral/org.assertj/assertj-core/3.25.1, Apache-2.0, approved, #12585
+maven/mavencentral/org.assertj/assertj-core/3.25.3, Apache-2.0, approved, #12585
 maven/mavencentral/org.checkerframework/checker-compat-qual/2.5.2, GPL-2.0-only with Classpath-Exception-2.0, approved, #11598
 maven/mavencentral/org.checkerframework/checker-qual/3.12.0, MIT, approved, clearlydefined
 maven/mavencentral/org.checkerframework/checker-qual/3.27.0, MIT, approved, clearlydefined
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 27e6b1b6..3f65c121 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 format.version = "1.1"
 
 [versions]
-assertj = "3.25.1"
+assertj = "3.25.3"
 checkstyle = "10.12.3"
 edc = "0.5.2-SNAPSHOT"
 jackson = "2.16.0"