diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8794961dd..5d9a13bd0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-		<asm.version>9.5</asm.version>
+		<asm.version>9.6</asm.version>
 		<hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
 		<junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
 		<surefire.version>2.18.1</surefire.version> <!-- [2.19, 3.0.0-M7] seem to cause ASM-related test failures -->