diff --git a/its/core-it-support/core-it-javaagent/pom.xml b/its/core-it-support/core-it-javaagent/pom.xml
index 7b4aba8ac75c..0a74ee5e939d 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/core-it-javaagent/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/core-it-javaagent/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
       <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
-      <version>7.3.1</version>
+      <version>9.7.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>