diff --git a/confluent-kafka-plugins/pom.xml b/confluent-kafka-plugins/pom.xml
index bf9ed8f..9219d01 100644
--- a/confluent-kafka-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/confluent-kafka-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <artifactId>confluent-kafka-plugins</artifactId>
 
   <properties>
-    <assertj.version>3.12.0</assertj.version>
+    <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
     <awaitility.version>3.1.6</awaitility.version>
     <confluent.version>5.3.1</confluent.version>
     <kafka10.version>2.3.0</kafka10.version>