diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 00d9a61366..9ade26eef6 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ext {
     junit      : "4.12",
     logback    : "1.2.3",
     lombok     : "1.18.4",
-    bytebuddy  : "1.9.12",
+    bytebuddy  : "1.9.16",
     scala      : "2.11.12",  // Last version to support Java 7 (2.12+ require Java 8+)
     kotlin     : "1.3.11",
     coroutines : "1.1.0"